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Mr. Thomas M. Dunlap

Attorney

Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver, PLLC

199 Liberty Street, SW
Leesburg, Virginia 20175

 (202) 316-8558
 (202) 318-0242
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 Mr. Thomas M. Dunlap - Attorney, Leesburg, Virginia

Attorney’s Profile

Tom's practice focuses on disputes in patent, copyright, trademark, contracts & commercial law litigating cases in courts across the United States. Recently Tom was named nationally as one of the "Top 100 Power Lawyers in Entertainment" by the HollywoodReporter for his work representing a number of film studios and artists in a variety of copyright and related litigation cases in Federal Court. Previously, when serving as President of The Loudoun Bar Association Tom was selected as one of twelve Top Northern Virginia Lawyers for his litigation experience by Northern Virginia Magazine, and has repeatedly been included as a "SuperLawyer" (top 2.5% by peer selection).

Bar Admission

•Virginia
•Maryland
•District of Columbia
•U.S. Supreme Court
•US Court of Federal Claims
•U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
•U.S. Tax Court
•U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
•U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
•U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
•U.S. District Court District of Maryland
•U.S. District Court District of Colorado
•U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
•U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia
•U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia

Affiliations

•American Bar Association, Commercial Litigation, Antitrust & Intellectual Property Sections
•Washington DC Bar, Intellectual Property Section
•Attorney's Arbitration Services Panel Member
•Standard & Poor's Vista Research - Society for Industry Leaders Expert Panel Member
•American Legion, Post 34 - Leesburg Member
•Virginia State Bar Association, Litigation, Business Law & Intellectual Property Law Section Member
•Maryland State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section, 2006 - Present Membership Committee
•Loudoun County Bar Association Member (Past President)
•American MENSA Member
•Airplane Owners and Pilots Association (Panel Attorney)
•Rotary International
•Shenandoah University - NOVA Advisory Board (2002-2004)
•LoudounCares Board Member
•Loudoun Community Free Clinic, Board Member (2003 – present)
•Leesburg Executive Airport, Commissioner (2007 – present)


Languages French

Joined the Law Firm in 1999

Attorney’s Areas of Practice

Litigation Percentage 95%

Career

Professional Experience

Honors and Awards:
•NOVA Top 10 Lawyers- Business Litigation, Northern Virginia Magazine, June-July 2006
•Madison's Who's Who
•Top Ten Commercial Litigation 2006 (NOVA Magazine)
•Virginia Super Lawyer 2008 & 2009
•Martindale-Hubbell BV Peer Rated

Publications

•Avoiding Small Business Litigation, Red Eagle Publishing, 2004, 2004
•Authentication and Admission of Electronic Evidence in State and Federal Courts, VA CLE 2009
•Speaking Objections, VA CLE 2009
•Intellectual Property for Small Business, SBDC 2005, 2006, 2007
•Best Practices & Winning Legal Strategies for New Technology & Privacy Issues, ReedLogic, 2006
•Electronic Signature Laws: Chapter 8: E-Sign & UETA - Electronic Signatures in the United States, Lexis-Nexis Butterworths, UK
•eDiscovery: Obtaining & Preserving Digital Evidence in Federal Court, MIS TI Europe Journal, London,UK 2008

Seminars

•Authentication of Electronic Evidence in State and Federal Courts - Virginia CLE 2009
•Speaking Objections, How to Deal with Them, Virginia CLE 2009
•Authentication and Admissibility of Electronic Evidence in US Federal Courts, NNA International Law Conference 2007
•Intellectual Property for Small Business, Small Business Development Center, SBA , 2005 - 2009
Electronic Evidence in US Federal Courts, British Institute of International Comparative Law (London,UK)
eDiscovery: Obtaining & Preserving Digital Evidence in Federal Court, International Conference of Digital Evidence, London, U.K. 2008
•Aviation Regulation for General Aviation, (annual recurrent) Leesburg, VA., 2003 – 2007 (see also seminar on www.airlinepilotcentral.com regarding FAA violations)

Past Employment Positions

•Chemical Bank, NA (JP Morgan Chase) 1994-1995
•Bank of New York, Institutional Custodies, 1995-1996
•Norfolk Commonwealth's Attorney, 1997

Military:
•1-158th Cavalry (RECON) MDARNG, Platoon Leader, Annapolis, MD, 2000 – 2005
•HQ 29th Infantry Division VAARNG, Aide de Camp to MG A.Wyman, Commanding, Fort Belvoir, VA, 2006 – 2007
•HHC, 1-116th Infantry BSTB VAARNG, Company Commander, Fredericksburg, VA, 2007 - 2009

Education

•B.A. English/ Theater, Lafayette College, Easton, PennsylvaniaJ.D. Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia
•M.S. Biotechnology, University of Maryland, Maryland (expected 2012)
•M.B.A. University of Maryland, Maryland (expected 2013)