Thomas Dunlap

Managing Partner

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Thomas Dunlap

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Meet the attorney

Licensed in

Virginia

Practice areas

Business

Years of Experience

30 years of legal experience, practicing since 1994.

About

Hi my name is Tom Dunlap.  I have stood in my client’s shoes.  I am a lawyer, but I am also an entrepreneur and I have started businesses that have been both wildly successful and spectacularly mundane.  My practice, therefore, focuses on intellectual property and business.

I have learned how to listen to clients and how to teach and collaborate with clients, rather than merely instruct and perform.

I helped found and start a video game company that debuted on Oprah and … failed.  Then, the following year, I picked it up and started a biotech company that has received millions of dollars in private capital, government grants and private grants that will help change the way medicine and personal health care diagnostics are delivered (see www.ceresnano.com).

I share my practical experience in business and my MBA through the lens of a legal professional with more than 17 years as a practicing attorney.

Why practice law

If business and success are game boards, then law is the box top, where the rules have been written.

Fun fact

I quit law for a time and enlisted in the US Army infantry, then attended OCS and became a light cavalry scout platoon leader in the 1-158th RECON (and other positions). I have an MBA, MS in biotechnology, an instrument pilots license, rescue diver’s certification and a now expired tank driver’s license. I took the silver medal in the full contact national Burmese kickboxing championship in 2002. Presently I run a couple of marathons and/ or triathlons each year all over the place.

Professional background

Education

  • University of Maryland
    M.B.A., cum laude, in Business, 2012
  • University of Maryland
    M.S., cum laude, Biotechnology, 2011
  • Washington & Lee University - School of Law
    J.D. in Law, 1999
  • Lafayette College
    B.A. in English & Theatre, 1994

Experience

  • Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC Partner
    2011-Present
  • Copyright Protection Services Managing Member
    2009-Present
  • Acera (d/b/a Acera Settlement Processing) Managing Member
    2006-Present
  • County of Loudon, Commonwealth of Virginia Attorney
    2005
  • Bank of New York, NA Associate
    1995-1996
  • Chase, NA (Formerly Chemical Bank) Associate
    1994-1995

Associations

  • Maryland State Bar: Intellectual Property Board
    2007-Present
  • Loudon County Bar Association President & Board
    2004-2007
  • Leesburg Executive Airport Commissioner
    2008-Present
  • United Way RAC - NCR Board
    2009-Present
  • Loudon Community Free Clinic Board
    2006-Present
  • Airline Owners & Pilots Association Panel Attorney - Dulles / National / Regional
    2004-Present
  • MENSA Member
    1998-Present
  • American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Anti-Trust Committee
    1996-Present
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