Jeffrey D. Dunn
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Overview
Jeff represents banks and other financial institutions and private equity companies engaged in complex corporate finance transactions including loans, leveraged and true leases, sale leaseback transactions, multiple lender syndications and participations, swaps and derivatives, loan restructurings, letter of credit facilities, asset based financing, real estate lending, factoring transactions and corporate usury law compliance.
Jeff also represents retail sellers and non-bank lenders regulated by federal and Texas consumer lending and retail installment sales laws. His practice area also consists of representation of businesses engaged in automated clearing house electronic payments transactions and National Automated Clearinghouse Association (NACHA) rules compliance.
In December, Jeff was a delegate representing the International Bar Association at the Resumed 40th Session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) convening in Vienna, Austria, during which the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions was completed and adopted.
Memberships & Affiliations
- ACA International, The Association of Credit and Collection Professionals, Members' Attorney Program
- Community Council of Greater Dallas, Former Board Member
- Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law and Real Property Law Sections
- Dallas County Historical Commission, Past Chairman
- Financial Institutions Legal Counsel Network, Former President
- National Automated Clearinghouse Association, Member of NACHA's National Arbitration Board
- San Jacinto Historical Advisory Board, Past Chairman (Appointed by Gov. George W. Bush and reappointed by Gov. Rick Perry)
- State Bar of Texas, Business Law, Section Council (Uniform Commercial Code Committee Member), Consumer and Commercial Law and Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Sections
- SWACHA: The Electronic Payments Resource, Affiliate Member
- Texas Association of Bank Counsel, Former Board of Directors
- Texas Department of Banking, Interstate Branch Banking Task Force
- Texas State Historical Association, Board of Directors
Awards & Honors
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Best Lawyers in America in Banking Law, Woodward/White, Inc., 2006-2012
Admissions
- Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas
Articles & Speeches
- August 2, 2010 — A Bona Fide Conundrum: Attorney Debt Collector Liability Revisited
- September 2007 — Automated Clearing House Contracts Involving the ODFI, Originator and Third Party Sender
- January 18-19, 2007 — Trade Secrets and Non-Traditional Categories of Intellectual Property as Collateral
- January 2004 — Living with Texas Usury Law: A Primer for Asset Based Lenders
- January 1, 2003 — The Status of Texas Usury Law
- Jeff is also the author of over 30 legal articles and continuing legal education seminar papers and presentations, including articles published in the Banking Law Journal, ABF Journal for commercial finance professionals, Texas Journal of Business Law, Journal of Corporate Counsel Review, Dallas Business Journal and the Southwestern Law Journal (now SMU Law Review). He has spoken at legal education seminars sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association, Houston Bar Association, Texas Association of Bank Counsel, Texas Bankers Association, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Houston and the Electronic Payments Alliance.
