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In the past several years, Dustin has successfully investigated and litigated major wildfire origin, cause and liability cases while also navigating the insurance implications associated with wildfire liability. On insurance matters, Dustin counsels both policyholders and insurance carriers, providing practical insight to guide resolution of cutting edge, nuanced coverage disputes. He also handles restrictive covenant litigation, including disputes over theft of trade secrets, confidential information, noncompetes and non-solicitation agreements.

An advocate for arts in education, Dustin is the Immediate Past Chairperson of the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning&nbsp;and is a member of the City Club of Cleveland.

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J.D., Boston College Law School, 2012, 

B.S., Kent State University, 2002

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<li>Led investigation and prosecution of origin, cause and liability theories in representation of more than 200 families and seven industrial timber companies in litigation against Oregon’s leading utility, PacifiCorp, for the property, lost profits and personal injury losses suffered by the Douglas County, Oregon community from the Archie Creek Complex Fires of 2020.</li>
<li>Leading litigation team in Oregon lawsuits on behalf of wineries and vineyards to recover smoke-damage losses to grapes arising from 2020 wildfires caused by utilities.</li>
<li>Counsels timber and veneer mill company in litigation associated with one of Northern California’s 2022 building fires that resulted in wrongful death, property and personal injury claims.</li>
<li>Provided insurance coverage representation and litigated liability and damage estimation against Pacific Gas &amp; Electric (PG&amp;E) on behalf of 75,000 victims of the 2017 and 2018 California wildfires in connection with Baker’s representation of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants in PG&amp;E’s historic bankruptcy which resulted in a $13.5 billion settlement on behalf of wildfire victims.</li>
<li>Represented and provided coverage analysis to a mutual insurance company with respect to various claims made by policyholders sued for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.</li>
<li>Represented clients both enforcing and defending the application of noncompetition and non-solicitation agreements. Represented a leading manufacturer of parts for the aerospace industry and an executive employee against a suit for permanent injunctive relief under the theory of inevitable disclosure of trade secrets, resulting in a favorable judgment on the merits and denial of injunctive relief.</li>
<li>Regularly handles wage and hour collective actions arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In a recent case against leading janitorial company, successfully opposed conditional certification, leading to favorable early resolution of the lawsuit before a class was certified.</li>
<li>Recently won summary judgment on behalf of a service industry client facing FLSA misclassification allegations. Argued the appeal before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which unanimously affirmed the award in favor of the client.</li>
<li>Handles representation of railroad industry employers in Railway Labor Act and Federal Railroad Safety Act lawsuits and appeals.</li>
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<h5>Reported Decisions</h5>
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<li><em>Campbell-Ewald Company v. Gomez</em>, 136 S. Ct. 663 (Jan. 20, 2016), (Amicus Brief concerning use of offer of judgment in Telephone Consumer Protection Act case).</li>
<li><em>Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo</em>, 136 S. Ct. 1036, 2016 WL 1092414 (March 22, 2016), (Amicus Brief dealing with use of statistics for determining liability and damages and inclusion of uninjured class members in a class action under Rule 23 or a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act).</li>
<li><em>Standard Fire v. Knowles</em>, 133 S. Ct. 1345, (2013) (Amicus Brief in Class Action Fairness Act case).</li>
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