Mr. Dunican was elected Managing Director of Gibbons in 2004, at the age of 36, and was named the firm’s Executive Chairperson in 2022.
Mr. Dunican led the firm’s growth into a major Mid-Atlantic regional presence. He accomplished this by establishing a corporate management model and implementing innovations to advance Gibbons as a standard-setting 21st-century law firm, supported by state-of-the-art facilities and technology, streamlined expenses, and an outstanding management team to execute, evaluate, and refine these policies and platforms.
As a result of his leadership of the firm through the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey Law Journal included Mr. Dunican on its “Trailblazers” list for his unique foresight regarding comprehensive emergency planning, which enabled him to lead a particularly well-prepared firm through unprecedented business conditions during the crisis. Mr. Dunican received a 2019 Tip O’Neill Award from the Donegal County (Ireland) Council, presented annually to people of Irish background in recognition of achievements in their chosen fields and their interest in and support for Ireland and its diaspora. In 2017, he was the Essex County Bar Association’s selection for a Professional Lawyer of the Year Award, presented by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law in conjunction with bar associations throughout the state.
Seton Hall University School of Law|Iona College
J.D., cum laude|B.A.
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Law clerk to the Honorable Clarkson S. Fisher, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
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Included on the Best Lawyers® lists, Commercial Litigation; Corporate
Included on the New Jersey Super Lawyers lists, Business Litigation; Top 100 Attorneys in New Jersey
Included on the New York Metro Super Lawyers list, Business Litigation
Included on the Benchmark Litigation “Local Litigation Stars” list
Included on NJBIZ‘s “100 Most Powerful People in New Jersey Business” lists, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021
Included on InsiderNJ’s “New Jersey’s Irish American Leaders” lists, 2022, 2023
Included on the New Jersey Law Journal “Trailblazers” list, 2020
Included on the ROI-NJ “Influencers: Higher Education” list, Key Contributors: Business Partners, 2020
Recipient, Donegal County (Ireland) Council Tip O’Neill Irish Diaspora Award, 2019
Recipient, Irish American Cultural Institute Annie Moore Award, 2018
Recipient, Essex County Bar Association and New Jersey Commission on Professionalism “Professional Lawyer of the Year Award,” 2017
Recipient, Seton Hall University School of Law’s Saint Thomas More Medal, 2015
Included on the Irish Education 100, 2015, 2017
Included on the “Irish American Leaders of New Jersey” list by PolitickerNJ, 2015
Recipient, Thurgood Marshall College Fund Award of Excellence, 2014
Recipient, Vagelos Award for Corporate Commitment to the Arts, 2013
Recipient, Iona College Legacy Award, 2013
Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award, Seton Hall University School of Law list, 2011
Recipient, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2007
Included on NJBIZ’s “40 Under 40” list
Included on New Jersey Law Journal’s “40 Under 40“, 2004
Distinguished Young Graduate, Seton Hall Law School Alumni Association, 2002
Iona College Board of Legal Trustees
Chair, 2020 – present
Trustee, 2013 – present
Seton Hall University School of Law
Chair, Board of Visitors, 2013-2016
Vice Chair, 2009-2013
New Jersey State Bar Foundation
Second Vice President, 2012-2014
Treasurer, 2011-2012
Secretary, 2009-2011
Trustee, 2007-2009
Independent College Fund of New Jersey
Trustee, 2017 – 2021
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Board of Directors
Council of Trustees
Irish American Bar Association
Founding Member
The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
Trustee
New York State Bar Association
Bar Association of the City of New York
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Essex County Bar Association
Association of the Federal Bar for the District of New Jersey
American Bar Foundation
Fellow