Joshua D. Dunlap

On July 15, 2025, President Trump nominated Joshua D. Dunlap to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He was confirmed on November 4, 2025.

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Biography

Joshua D. Dunlap graduated from Notre Dame Law School in 2008 and Pensacola Christian College in 2005.

Legal Experience

Dunlap works at Pierce Atwood LLP (2009 – Present). He is currently a partner in the litigation group (Jan. 2018 – Present) after previously serving as a litigation associate (Sept. 2009 – Dec. 2017). He was a judicial law clerk, for Judge Paul Kelly Jr. at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Sept. 2008 – Sept. 2009) and a summer associate (May 2007 – Aug. 2007). He was also a legal intern at Alliance Defending Freedom (Summer 2006). Other notable facts, include:

• Defended multiple banks in consumer class actions related to overdraft fees.

• Defended a financial institution in a consumer class action related to student financial aid accounts.

• Defended big pharmaceutical companies in lawsuits concerning deceptive practices related to their prescription opioid drugs.

• Represented an industry group of automobile manufacturers in an “right to repair” lawsuit against Maine’s law requiring open access to vehicle data.

• Represented a cable tv company in a suit challenging the constitutionality of Maine’s consumers’ right to demand pro rata fees

• Represented conservative organizations and corporations in challenges to Maine’s campaign finance regulations.

• Represented Republicans in an unsuccessful attempt to block Maine’s ranked choice voting system.

• Defended energy companies a lawsuit concerning misleading and deceptive greenwashing campaigns.