McConnell, Dunning & Barwick LLP has earned a reputation as a leading Southern California law firm for its seasoned legal expertise and superior client service. Our attorneys bring to the firm decades of high-level, major law firm expertise and are well versed in a broad range of legal disciplines.

 

Scott E. McConnell, Partner has over 25 years of legal experience. Prior to helping establish McConnell, Dunning & Barwick LLP in 1991, Mr. McConnell was a shareholder with Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth. He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association (Business and Corporate Law Section), the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association (Business Law, International Law, and Science and Technology Law Sections). Admitted to the California Bar in 1978, Mr. McConnell earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Southern California, graduating magna cum laude in 1974, and received his Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law in 1978, where he received an American Jurisprudence Award in 1977. Mr. McConnell is a frequent and respected lecturer on general business, corporate and securities law issues.

Email: smcconnell@mdblawyers.com  See note below

 

 
 

Steven J. Dunning, Partner was admitted to the California State Bar in 1981. He graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973 and in 1981 he received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Mr. Dunning was a professional Major League Baseball player from 1970 to 1978. Following his admission to the California Bar, he spent eight years in the business and corporate law department of the Orange County, California office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, an international law firm. He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association (Business and Corporate Law and Real Estate Law Sections) and of the American Bar Association (Business Law and Real Property and Probate Law Sections). Mr. Dunning is a past Chairman of the Orange County Bar Association's Business and Corporate Law Section.

Email: sdunning@mdblawyers.com  See note below

 

 
 

Curt C. Barwick, Partner admitted to the California Bar in 1983 and the District of Columbia Bar in 1985, is past Chairman of the Orange County Bar Association's Business and Corporate Law and Financial Practice Sections. Prior to joining McConnell, Dunning & Barwick LLP in 1996, Mr. Barwick was General Counsel of DVI Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company. Earlier, he served as a member of the corporate/securities department with the Newport Beach office of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger and the Los Angeles office of Baker & McKenzie. Mr. Barwick graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976, and from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a Master of Arts degree in 1977. He was awarded his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1983. Mr. Barwick is a member of the Orange County Bar Association (Business and Corporate Law and Financial Practice Sections) and the American Bar Association (Business and International Law Sections and Blue Sky Law subcommittee). He is a former officer of the Corporations Commitee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar and frequent lecturer on general business and securities issues. In 1992, Mr. Barwick was awarded the State Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award by the California Bar Association.

Email: cbarwick@mdblawyers.com  See note below

 

 
 

W. Andrew Moore, Special Counsel, has broad business transaction experience with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, capital financings, joint ventures and tax.  He devotes a significant portion of his practice to negotiating and documenting the formation, financing, and transfers of interests in, and the reorganization, merger, work out and tax planning of, limited liability companies, partnerships and joint ventures.  Mr. Moore’s tax expertise – he received a Tax LL.M, with distinction, from the Graduate Tax Program at Loyola Law School – complements his business transaction practice.  Following admission to the California State Bar in 1998, Mr. Moore spent seven years practicing in the Corporate and Tax Department of Rutan & Tucker, LLP.  He received his Juris Doctor in 1998 from the University of California at Davis, and played football and rugby for, and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science from, the University of California at Los Angeles.

Email: amoore@mdblawyers.com  See note below

 

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