Randall L. Dunn

Hon. Randall L. Dunn is a retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Oregon in Portland, appointed in 1998. Previously, Judge Dunn was the managing partner of the Portland office of the law firm of Copeland, Landye, Bennett and Wolf, LLP, where his practice focused on corporate/business, securities and bankruptcy law. In the bankruptcy area, he represented a number of creditors’ committees in chapter 11 cases, but his work also encompassed representation of creditors and debtors in matters ranging from preference defenses to representing individual debtors in chapter 7. In addition, he did<br>substantial loan documentation work and worked extensively in business-entity formation and on merg-<br>ers and acquisitions. Judge Dunn is a past president of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, having served previously as NCBJ Treasurer and Secretary, as well as on its Board of Governors. He has chaired the Federal Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section and spent five years as editor-in-chief of its newsletter publication, Bankruptcy Briefs. In addition, he has been very active in the Oregon State Bar Debtor-Creditor Section, serving four terms on its Executive Committee, one term as Treasurer and two<br>years as editor-in-chief of the Oregon Debtor-Creditor Newsletter. He also has worked on several of the<br>Section’s subcommittees. Judge Dunn has chaired the Ninth Circuit’s Bankruptcy Education Committee and served as the representative of Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Judges on the Ninth Circuit Executive Committee, the planning body for the Ninth Circuit Conference. In 2006, Judge Dunn was appointed to the Ninth Circuit’s Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) and has served as its Chief Judge. He received his undergraduate degree with honors from Northwestern University and his J.D. in 1975 from Stanford University Law School, where he was an articles editor of its law review.