ABOUT BRIAN DUNN
"Brian Dunn
is the Managing Partner and lead Civil Rights Attorney for The Cochran Firm California,
the office founded by the late Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.
For the past 25 years, Brian Dunn is one of very few attorneys that has focused the majority of his practice on civil rights cases,
representing over 200 victims of police misconduct since 1995. As one of the most experienced working advocates for victims
of police misconduct in the state of California, Mr. Dunn has a proven track record of results against government entities on
the municipal, state, and federal levels, often in the most complex and misunderstood fact patterns surrounding officer involved
shootings.
Recently named among the Nations Top 100 Trial Lawyers"
Services Provided
PRACTICE AREAS
Brian specializes in the legal practice areas represented by The Cochran Firm California in Los Angeles, California.
BIOGRAPHY
Brian is a native of Los Angeles, CA and graduated from UC Berkley in 1990. He pursued his legal degree at the University of Michigan, graduating law school in 1993.
In 1992, while a student in Michigan, Brian was hand picked by Johnnie Cochran to serve as his law clerk for Civil Rights litigation. Brian was personally trained and mentored by Mr. Cochran, and was hired in 1995 as a staff attorney on Mr. Cochran’s Civil Rights Litigation team.
Having spent his entire career with The Cochran Firm, he has handled many of the Firm’s highest profile police misconduct cases, including those involving Geronimo Pratt, Reginald Denny, Devin Brown, Tyisha Miller.
Brian has received numerous trail attorney honors and is a frequent lecturer on the logistics and complexities of the practice of civil rights litigation, both to attorneys and police officers.
REAL CASE RESULTS
$22,900,000
POLICE MISCONDUCT
$8,225,000
POLICE BRUTALITY
$10,490,000
WRONGFUL DEATH/ OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING
Millions of Dollars In Civil Rights
Settlements
Brian Dunn has built and maintained his reputation as a leading civil rights attorney by successfully representing hundreds of people who were injured and/or killed by police. He has obtained verdicts and settlements worth hundreds of millions of dollars for the victims of police misconduct.
LEARN MORE $5,000,000
BUS ACCIDENT
$1,000,000
TRUCKING ACCIDENT
$900,000
ELDER ABUSE
$525,000
PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT
We Win Personal
Injury Settlements for our
Clients
If you have been injured in an accident you have two choices: you can rely on an insurance company of the party oresponsible for your injury to provide you with advice or you can call a lawyer, to represent your interest like The Cochran Firm!
LEARN MORE $735,500
RACE DISCRIMINATION
$500,000
DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
Fighting for Those Hurt By an
Employer
We ensure your employment case is handled with expertise and honesty as we fight for you! We handle cases of discrimination, workplace harassement, and more! Call us today for a no obligation consultation.
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