Stephen Paul Dunn

Stephen P. Dunn has substantial first chair jury trial and arbitration experience. Before entering private practice, he served on active duty in the United States Army JAG Corps as a trial counsel at XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and he also served as a prosecutor in Oakland County. Mr. Dunn specializes in litigating complex, high stakes business disputes. In addition to his active litigation practice, he leads teams handling his clients corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, combinations, joint ventures, restructurings and lending transactions. An entrepreneur as well, Mr. Dunn serves as a corporate director, officer, shareholder, and outside general counsel advising business owners, management teams, and boards on legal and business matters. He is co-owner and a director of Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., in Newcastle, Washington, the industry leading publisher of aviation training materials and pilot supplies. Mr. Dunns practical experience in business enables him to more effectively represent and advise his clients. Mr. Dunn is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve JAG Corps. He is currently assigned as team chief with an Army unit at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. He has served as a prosecutor and military magistrate for extended periods on active duty in the United States and abroad. His military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the Joint Service Achievement Medal. Mr. Dunn completed the Army Airborne course, Army Air Assault course, Army Command and General Staff College (ILE), and Army Judge Advocate Officer Basic and Advanced Courses. Mr. Dunn is licensed in the states of Michigan, Illinois, and Texas, and is admitted to numerous federal district courts around the country. He is the proud father of five children with his wife of twenty years. Honors, Awards and Recognition Benchmark Litigation 2024-2025, Litigation Star Michigan Super Lawyers 2022-2024, Business Litigation Michigan Rising Stars 2009-2020, Business Litigation DBusiness Magazine Top Lawyers 2013-2014, 2017, 2020, and 2024-2025, Litigation-Commercial Crains Detroit Business 40 Under 40, 2014 Brooks Pattersons Oakland County Elite 40 Under 40, 2013 Michigan Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Lawyers, 2010 Civic, Cultural, and Community Activities Association of the United States Army Professional Affiliations The Federalist Society - Michigan Lawyers Chapter Illinois State Bar Association Oakland County Bar Association Publications A Forward-Deployed Military Attorney with Special Operations Forces, Michigan Bar Journal (September 2014) Fraud, Forbearance and Bankruptcy: Proving Fraud and Obtaining a Judgment of Non-Dischargeability in Bankruptcy Court Based on Forbearance Alone, Michigan Banker Magazine, Vol. 22 No. 7 (July, 2010) SBM Attorney on Active Duty in the Army, Michigan Bar Journal (August 2008) Corporate Takeover Legislation and the Myth of Shareholder Ownership, Michigan Defense Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 1 (July 2004)