Marcia Dunn is a Partner at Dunn Law, P.A. and focuses her practice on bankruptcy and insolvency-related matters, along with mediation and alternative dispute resolution.
In addition to her law practice, Marcia has served as a Chapter 7 panel trustee in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida since 1992. Marcia has also served as an operating trustee and as a court appointed examiner in Chapter 11 business cases. She is experienced in the liquidation of all types of assets, including reals estate, personal property of all kinds and intangible property.
Marcia was certified as a mediator in the areas of civil circuit, county and family law, and is on the approved list of mediators for the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida. She also serves as a mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Mortgage Modification Mediation (MMM) program. She has lectured extensively for various organizations, classes, and seminars on the topic of bankruptcy law.
Practice Areas
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency
- Mediation and ADR
Honors
- International Who’s Who of Professional & Business Women, 2000-2001
- National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives & Professionals
Classes & Seminars
- Speaker/Instructor, University of Miami Annual Basic Bankruptcy Seminar
- Chairperson, Brown Bag Lunch Educational Series, Bankruptcy Bar Association, Southern District of Florida (1991-1992)
- Speaker, Give Something Back Pro Bono Organization, Dade County Bar Association (1997-1998)
- Public Service, Ask Your Lawyer radio program, WMBM, Miami Beach, Florida
- Basic Bankruptcy, PESI, 1999 to 2001
Past Positions
- Marcia T. Dunn, Trustee Chpt. 7 Federal Panel Bankruptcy Trustee, 1992
- Dunn & Associates, P.A., Partner, 1996 to 2000
- Marcia T. Dunn, PA, Owner, 2000-2000
Ancillary Businesses
- Chapter 7 Federal Panel Bankruptcy Trustee • Southern District of Florida
- Certified Mediator-Civil, Family and Bankruptcy
- Certified Arbitrator, State of Florida
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
- J.D. Juris Doctor-1982
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: Dean’s List
- University of Miami,, Coral Gables, Florida
- B.S.-1979
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Major: Education
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1982
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1984
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Florida, 1984
Professional Associations
- Bankruptcy Bar Association, Southern District of Florida – (held the offices of President-Elect, First Vice-President, Second Vice President, and Secretary, 1992 – 1998)
- National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Chairperson, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Bankruptcy Bar Association, Southern District of Florida (1996 – 1997)
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Member, 1992
- Chapter 7 Panel Bankruptcy Trustee, Southern District of Florida
- Mediator, Mortgage Modification Mediation Program (MMM) for US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida
- Board Certified by the American Board of Certification Consumer Bankruptcy
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certification as Mediator, Florida International University (2001)
- Board Certified by the American Board of Certification Consumer Bankruptcy
- Certified Mediator, Supreme Court of Florida, in Circuit Civil, County Court and Family Law (2001)
- Bankruptcy Mediator, Southern District of Florida (2000)
- Certified Arbitrator, Supreme Court of Florida (2002)
- Qualified Mortgage Modification Mediation Program Mediator (2013)