John P. Dunnigan - Roanoke, VA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Richmond, School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, 2018
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Moot Court Board, Member
    Law Review: Richmond Public Interest Law Review, Manuscripts Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Virginia Commonwealth University, B.A., magna cum laude (2015)

Current Employment Position(s)

• Associate

Past Positions

• Served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Beverly W. Snukals of the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, Virginia.

Published Works

Articles

• Author, Res Ipsa Loquitur: Does It Really Speak for Itself? Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XXXV No. 4 (Winter 2024)
  
• Presentation, Excessive Force, Hanover County Criminal Justice Academy (February 2020)
  
• Co-Editor, Virginia Civil Benchbook for Judges and Lawyers (2019-2020 ed.)
  
• Author, Bargaining Towards Equality: The Effects of Implicit Bias Training on Plea-Bargaining, 21 RICH. PUB.
  
• INT. L. REV. 341 (2018)
  
• Co-Author, Personal Injury from A to Z: Damages Pt. 1 & 2, NATIONAL BUSINESS INSTITUTE (September 2017)

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Richmond Bar Association, Communications Committee member (2020 – 2023)
• Richmond Bar Association, Membership Committee member (2023 – present)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Products Liability/Toxic Torts Sections, Vice-Chair (2023) & Chair (2023 – present)
• Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Inn of Court (2019 – present)
• Defense Research Institute