Dawnn E. Briddell
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
1940 Route 70 East, Suite 200
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
USA
Phone: +1 856 874 4273
Fax: +1 856 874 4633
Email: dbriddell@duanemorris.com

Dawnn E. Briddell is a member of the firm's Trial Practice Group and concentrates her practice in the areas of public construction and Asbestos and Toxic Tort litigation. Ms. Briddell is an experienced trial litigator, serving as a former assistant district attorney for the Office of the DeKalb County District Attorney in Georgia, where she was assigned to the Interstate Child Support Enforcement Division. She also served as an assistant solicitor-general with the DeKalb County Solicitor-General's Office, where she was a senior trial attorney. She was later appointed a special assistant solicitor-general to serve as the first special domestic violence prosecutor handling high-risk offender cases.

Ms. Briddell currently represents corporate clients in asbestos-related litigation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey state court actions. She also assists agency clients in with compliance under New Jersey’s Local Public Contracts Law and private clients with construction matters. She has represented municipalities, municipal authorities and school districts as counsel and special counsel in connection with public contracts bid solicitation and compliance and local governance.

Ms. Briddell is a 1986 graduate of the Rutgers University School of Law-Camden and a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland, European Division.

Areas of Practice

• Asbestos/Products Liability/Toxic Torts
• Public Construction
• Private Construction

Representative Matters

• Represents automotive manufacturer in asbestos-related litigation in Pennsylvania state court
• Represents forklift manufacturer in asbestos-related litigation in New Jersey state court
• Represented a county improvement authority in public contract solicitation and procurement in a $150,000,000 justice complex renovations and expansion project
• Successfully represented a county improvement authority on appeals from trial court decision affirming rejection of low bidders for failure to comply with owner-imposed mandatory bid specifications not statutorily required

Professional Activities

• New Jersey State Bar Association
• Camden County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Georgia Bar Association
• Chair, District IV Ethics Committee, Camden/Gloucester Counties, State of New Jersey 2012-2013
• Vice Chair, District IV Ethics Committee, Camden/Gloucester Counties, State of New Jersey, 2011-2012
• Member/Investigator, District IV Ethics Committee, Camden/Gloucester Counties, State of New Jersey, Appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 2009-2013 Term

Admissions

• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Georgia
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Supreme Court for the State of Georgia
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• New Jersey Supreme Court

Education

• Rutgers School of Law - Camden, J.D., 1986

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2009-present
• Wolf Block LLP
  - Associate, 2006-2009
  -- Appointed to 2008 WolfBlock Diversity Committee
  -- Selected to participate in the 2009 New Jersey Law Firm Mentor-Mentee Program
• Harvey C. Johnson, P.C.
  - Associate, August 2005-December 2005
• Office of the DeKalb County, Georgia, District Attorney
  - Assistant District Attorney, Interstate Child Support Enforcement Division, 2003-May 2005
• Office of the DeKalb County Solicitor-General
  - Special Domestic Violence Prosecutor, 2002-2003
  - Senior Trial Attorney, 1998-2003
• Harvey C. Johnson, P.C.
  - Associate, 1991-1995
• Lewis & Wood, P.C.
  - Associate, 1990-1991
• Caplan & Luber, P.C.
  - Associate, 1989-1990
• Defenders' Association of Philadelphia
  -Trial Attorney, 1987-1989
• Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc.
  - Staff Attorney, 1986-1987

Civic and Charitable Activities

• Board of Trustee Member, Food Bank of South Jersey, 2010 to present
• Spokesperson, Concerned Parishioners of St. Bart's, 2008-2007
  - Successfully Challenged Diocese of Camden Church Closing Decision

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Presenter, "Drafting Arbitration Clauses: Tread Carefully," Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Trial Practice Group Meeting, December 9, 2011
• Presenter, "Drafting Arbitration Clauses: Tread Carefully," Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, CSAL Meeting, September 28, 2011
• Speaker, Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Primer on Mechanics' Liens and Bond Claims, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 30, 2011
• Speaker, "Shaking the Money Tree: Funding Our Way Out of the Infrastructure Crisis," ABA Forum on the Construction Industry 2010 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April 22, 2010