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Dave Dobbins began his career as an attorney in private practice doing complex litigation, intellectual property, and corporate transactions. One of his very first cases was working on the team defending Dr. Jeffery Wigand from claims brought against him by the tobacco company Brown & Williamson. Mr. Dobbins was also involved in working on nationwide class action suits brought against the insurance industry based on the industry’s claims processing procedures, and in that capacity served as a lead coordinator in a multi-party team addressing legal issues raised in that matter. In his corporate practice, Mr. Dobbins led acquisitions projects for a major publishing client and government contractor and oversaw the intellectual property portfolios of those clients.
Mr. Dobbins joined the American Legacy Foundation in 2002 as its Associate General Counsel, and his work with the foundation primarily consisted of overseeing the legal elements of the foundation’s business practices and intellectual property portfolio. He was also actively involved in defending the foundation in litigation against Lorillard Tobacco Company in which the foundation ultimately prevailed against Lorillard’s claims that the foundation’s truth® advertising constituted vilification and personal attacks prohibited by the MSA.
Mr. Dobbins is a graduate of the University of Missouri and the University of Michigan Law School. | 