Charles A. Dunnagan

Managing Partner
Extension: 621
Email: cdunnagan@jdolaw.com
Assistant: Jenny Haldane, Ext. 617

 

 

CHARLES A. DUNNAGAN is the managing partner of the firm. For more than 30 years, his practice has focused on Labor and Employment Law, primarily serving as general counsel to a significant number of labor unions and employee associations. Mr. Dunnagan's clients include the International Association of Firefighters (Anchorage local), the Alaska Ironworkers, the United Food & Commercial Workers, the United Transportation Workers, the International Longshore Workers Union and the Alaska Nurses Association.

In his role as general counsel, Mr. Dunnagan handles the full range of labor relations and legal needs for each union, including collective bargaining, employee rights and grievance, and the negotiation and settlement of compensation and benefits issues. He advises the AFL-CIO and individual union political action committees on election law and campaign disclosure. Mr. Dunnagan also represents non-profit organizations in connection with Charitable Gaming.

As a lecturer at the University of Alaska, Mr. Dunnagan taught courses on subjects related to labor relations and employee benefits. He has also served as a Commissioner on the Alaska Public Offices Commission which oversees campaign financial disclosure in state and local elections and lobbying in Alaska.

Areas of Expertise

• Labor and Employment
• Employee Benefits
• Charitable Gaming

Education

• J.D. University of Texas at Austin, 1975
• B.S., Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1972

Bar Admissions

• Alaska
• Texas

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court, District of Alaska
• U.S. Claims Court

Memberships

• Alaska Bar Association
• AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee

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