Brian Dunne

Brian Dunne

Brian Dunne is a trial lawyer specializing in intellectual property litigation and portfolio monetization. Prior to joining Pierce Bainbridge, Brian was co-founder of Olavi Dunne LLP, a litigation boutique that grew into one of the top patent litigation firms in the nation, appearing on Law360’s Top 5 list of plaintiff-side patent firms for the years 2015 and 2016.

Brian has a particular expertise in maximizing the value of multi-patent portfolios by developing and executing nationwide litigation and licensing strategies, and has recouped tens of millions of dollars for patent clients in litigation and licensing.

Brian is known for his ability to distill complicated, cutting-edge technology and legal issues into understandable, clear arguments—a necessity to ensure that complex IP is properly valued by judges, juries, and skeptical in-house counsel. Brian has a physics degree from Stanford University, graduated in the top 5% of his class at University of Chicago Law School (where he served on the Law Review), and clerked for two appellate judges—one in New York, one on the Ninth Circuit.

Brian is also an accomplished legal writer and oral advocate, and is able to clearly and effectively articulate arguments in nearly any area of the law—and in any tribunal. While at the University of Chicago Law School, Brian won the Joseph Henry Beale Prize for excellence in legal writing; was awarded a John M. Olin Fellowship in Law, Economics, and Policy; and wrote published articles on federal litigation and copyright modernization. Over the course of his career, Brian has briefed and/or argued cases in California, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Washington, Indiana, Delaware, the International Trade Commission, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits.