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Christy C. Dunn
Associate
Christy represents insurance companies in bad faith and coverage litigation and advises them on first-party and third-party coverage matters. Christy also represents employers, electric membership corporations, and long-term care facilities in civil litigation and employment law matters. She is named in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in the area of Insurance Law. Christy is recognized among Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite™ in the Young Guns category (2022, 2023).
Before obtaining her law degree, Christy spent 13 years working as a sales engineer consulting with end users, engineers, and contractors to design, sell, and install power protection and precision cooling solutions for data centers and industrial applications. This experience provides Christy with unique insight into the responsibilities of professionals whose products and services support mission-critical business operations. By working closely with decision-makers at all levels of the end-user companies, Christy developed an appreciation for the challenges faced by business leaders making major strategic decisions.
Christy earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned her law degree magna cum laude from Campbell Law School. While in law school, Christy interned in the Office of the Solicitor General of North Carolina and for The Honorable J. Douglas McCullough at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Before joining Young Moore, she clerked for The Honorable Allegra Collins at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. She is active in several organizations in the community.
Education & Bar Admissions
- J.D., Campbell Law School, 2019, magna cum laude
- B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Business Administration, 1993
Admissions
- North Carolina
- U.S. District Courts for North Carolina
Achievements
- Named in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in the area of Insurance Law
- Recognized among Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite™ in the Young Guns category (2022, 2023)
Activities
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (NCADA)
- Chair, Young Lawyers Committee and Ex Officio Board Member (2022-2024)
- North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA)
- Insurance Law Section
- Chair, CLE Committee and Council Liaison (2023-2024)
- CLE Committee, YLD Liaison, and Council Liaison (2022-2023)
- Appellate Practice Section
- Co-Chair, Legislative & Ethics Committee and Council Liaison (2023-2024)
- Co-Chair, CLE Committee and Council Liaison (2022-2023)
- Judicial Independence and Integrity Committee (2022)
- Litigation and Business Law Sections
- Insurance Law Section
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Employment and Labor Law Steering Committee, Young Lawyer Liaison (2022, 2023)
- Insurance Law Section
- Wake County Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Litigation Section
- Campbell Law School
- Volunteer Mock Arbitrator, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Greenhouse Scholars
- Semi-Finalist Judge and Panel Interview Judge (2023)
- New Scholar Selection Committee (2022)
- Treasured Ministries
- Chair, Board of Directors (2022-2023)
- Secretary, Board of Directors (2018-2022)
- The Green Chair Project
- Auction Steering Committee Member (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Camp Victory at Moore’s Keep
- Benchmark Ministries, Advisory Board Member (2010-2013)
- Raleigh Rescue Mission
- GED Math Tutor and Volunteer for Women’s Programs (2011-2014)
- Superstorm Sandy Relief Drive for City of Long Beach, New York (2012-2013)
- Ravenscroft School Parents’ Association
- Community Partners Co-Chair (2012-2013)
- Friends of St. Timothy’s School
- Merchandising Co-Chair (2009-2010)
- Titan Bucks Marketing Chair (2008-2009)
- Friends of St. David’s School
- Acquisitions Chair, Auction Committee (2005-2006)
- Grace Community Church
- Director, Youth Group for Belarusian Orphans (2004, 2005, 2006)
- Host family to two ten-year-old orphans (2004, 2005)
Publications & Presentations
- “Risk Management & Trends in Long-Term Care Litigation,” Presenter, Financial Summit hosted by corporate nursing home client for its nursing home administrators, November 1, 2023
- “Employment Discrimination Via Artificial Intelligence,” YMH Blog, September 2023. Also published in DRI’s “The Brief Case” September 2023, Volume 2, Issue 8
- “HR Professionals’ Critical Role in Navigating the Legal Landscape in the Workplace,” Co-Presenter, 2023 Raleigh Metro Society of Human Resource Management Monthly Program, May 16, 2023
- “Playing Fair on the Employment Playground: Retaliation as a Form of Employment Discrimination,” YMH Blog, December 2022. Also published in DRI’s “The Brief Case” February 2023, Volume 2, Issue 2
- “Healthcare Heroes Wield Their Shields: Will COVID Immunity Defenses Hold Up in Court to Protect Healthcare Providers on the Front Lines of COVID?,” Presenter, 2022 DRI Annual Meeting Showcase Theater, Philadelphia, PA, October 28, 2022
- “Frequent Litigation Claims Against Electric Cooperatives,” Co-Presenter, 2022 NC Electric Membership Corporation Counsel Association meeting, presented on “Issues with Easements and “The Covid Defense,” October 15, 2022
- “Appellate Lawyering in Context,” Co-Presenter, 2022 North Carolina Bar Association Appellate Practice Section Program and CLE, April 27, 2022
- “Using COVID Immunity Statutes to Build Your Litigation Toolbox,” Co-Presenter, Annual Financial Summit, North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association (NCHCFA), 2021
- Campbell Law 45th Anniversary Alumni Spotlight: Christy Dunn ’19, Campbell University Blog, July 2021
- “Update on the Malpractice Claims Landscape and COVID-19 Immunity Challenges,” Co-Presenter, 44th Annual Meeting and Spring Program, North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (NCADA), 2021
- “Seeking COVID Immunities Under the PREP Act in Federal Court: A Primer on Complete Preemption,” YMH Blog, May 2021. Also published in DRI’s “The Voice” Vol. 20, Issue 7 (May 19, 2021); Lawyers Mutual “Put Into Practice” newsletter (June 2021); and NCADA’s Weekly Update (May 4, 2021).
- “Guard What May Be the Key to Winning Your Appeal: The Record,” YMH Blog, February 2021
Milestones
- Dana Hoffman and Christy Dunn Earn Dismissal of Wrongful Death Claim Against Nursing Home Based on COVID-19 Immunity Defenses (https://www.dri.org/newsletters/the-voice/2023/july#defense-wins)