Charles E. Dunn
Partner
- Joined Firm: 2005
- Partner Since: 2005
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
FAX: (248) 901-4040
Areas of Practice
Honors & Awards
- 2006 & 2007 Michigan Super Lawyer in Environmental Litigation, Michigan Super Lawyers, a publication of Law & Politics magazine
Education
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1996, J.D., cum laude
- University of Michigan, 1984, B.S. Chemical Engineering
Bar & Court Admissions
- Michigan, 1996
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 6th District, 1996
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Dist. of Columbia, 1998
Charles E. Dunn is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Practice Group, who focuses his practice in the areas of real estate, environmental law, regulatory and eminent domain matters involving private and public sector clients.
Mr. Dunn has significant experience in air, water, wetlands and soil erosion permitting and enforcement, hazardous substance land clean-up matters, Brownfield re-development, environmental real estate transactions, including due diligence and environmental site assessments, water and inland matters, and environmental litigation and agency enforcement defense.
Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Dunn has represented an array of Fortune 500 companies, including automotive suppliers and manufacturers, cement producers, chemical manufacturers and distributors, utilities and electricity generators, financial institutions, petroleum suppliers, metal coating and finishing companies, various municipal road and drain authorities and real estate developers.
Prior to his legal career, Mr. Dunn held several environmental related positions in the private sector and developed particular expertise with respect to the design and installation of pollution control systems. He also has the distinction of serving as a legal assistant for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and as a law clerk for the Michigan Department of Attorney General, Natural Resources Division.
Representative Client Work
- National outside environmental counsel for Fortune 15 manufacturer
- Environmental outside counsel for one of the largest natural gas cogeneration electricity generators in North America
- Represented numerous municipalities and public agencies for matters involving drainage and sewer matters
- Represented international cement manufacturer regarding relocation of terminal at Brownfield Site
- Defended numerous manufacturers in defense of governmental remediation cost recovery claims.
- Represented numerous financial institutions with respect to environmental risk evaluations for affected properties.
- Represented developers regarding issues related to procurement of wetland, soil erosion, and marina permits, including related administrative appeals and judicial actions.
- Counseled municipal agencies regarding Brownfield grants, loans and tax increment financing developmental tools.
- Counseled numerous corporations regarding environmental regulatory permitting and compliance issues related to wastewater discharges and air emissions.
- Enforcement and litigation counsel for large county agency related to soil and sedimentation control program.
- Counseled large manufacturing company in sale of environmentally impacted property.
Professional Affiliations
- State Bar Association (Real Estate, Environmental Law sections)
- American Bar Association
- Metal Finishing Suppliers’ Association of North America
Publications and Lectures
- “Environmental Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions,” 2007 Mergers & Acquisitions Conference, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA)
- “Clean Water Act: Unauthorized Presence of Fill Material in Wetlands Area Constitutes Continuing Violation for Statute of Limitations Purposes,” co-author, The Digest of Environmental Law, December 1996
Public Service
- Independence Township, Trustee