Dunn, Jeffrey D.
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, student loan and payday loan companies, and non-bank lenders regulated by federal and Texas consumer lending and retail installment sales laws.
Jeff's practice area also includes representation of businesses engaged in automated clearing house (ACH) electronic payments transactions and National Automated Clearinghouse Association (NACHA) rules compliance.
In December 2007, 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 (Former Chair of the Commercial Credit Committee, Member of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee, and Member of the Consumer Credit 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
- AV® Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- Best Lawyers in America in Banking Law, Woodward/White, Inc., 2006-2012
- Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Juris Doctor (Southwestern Law Journal, Leading Articles Editor)
- The University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Master of Public Affairs
- Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Student Body President, 1975-76)
< 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
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