Olivia M. Dunn

Partner
Email: odunn@staffordlaw.com
Direct: 608-259-2674
Offices: Madison
Legal Assistant
Linda Hajek
608-259-2606
Practice Areas

Olivia M. Dunn

Partner
Partner
Email: odunn@staffordlaw.com
Direct: 608-259-2674
Offices: Madison
Legal Assistant
Linda Hajek
608-259-2606
Legal Assistant
Linda Hajek
608-259-2606
Practice Areas

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On the Job

Attorney Olivia M. Dunn is a partner in Stafford Rosenbaum’s Madison office. She focuses her practice on business, real estate, municipal, and public utility law.

Olivia works with local businesses on a variety of transactional matters such as drafting and reviewing the documents necessary to start a business or to acquire or sell a business. Olivia also helps businesses ensure they are compliant with applicable laws. For example, Olivia has helped clients meet the complex requirements of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.

Olivia’s transactional practice also includes real estate matters such as working with individuals and businesses to purchase or sell real estate. Additionally, her real estate experience includes preparing commercial and residential leases, and easement agreements.

Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 2017; cum laude)
    • Note and Comment Editor of the Wisconsin Law Review
    • Student attorney at the Consumer Law Litigation Clinic
  • Indiana University (B.A., Political Science and History, 2014; with distinction)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Dane County Bar Association

Off the Job

Olivia loves exploring Wisconsin’s beautiful parks and lakes with her Portuguese Water Dog, Violet.  In her spare time, Olivia enjoys golfing and cross-country skiing. Olivia also loves Madison’s food culture, frequents local restaurants, and shops the Dane County farmer’s market.

Community Involvement

  • Madison Audubon Society Member

Recent Blogs

Filed Under: Appellate Law Municipal Law

Denial of Variance Request Regarding Lakefront Yard Setback Requirements

By: Olivia M. Dunn Christopher Hughes

Cox v. City of Madison Zoning Board of Appeals, Appeal No. 2020AP478 (July 8, 2021) Kathleen Cox purchased property on Lake Mendota with the plan to demolish and rebuild the existing house and wet boathouse. A wet boathouse is one that is built over excavated shoreline with the lake water underneath, into which a boat […]

Sep 01, 2021 in Blogs
Filed Under: Appellate Law Municipal Law

Court of Appeals Confirms that an Unimproved Platted Public Road May Not Be Adversely Possessed

By: Olivia M. Dunn Matthew Dregne

A property owner, Timothy Casa De Calvo, sued the Town of Hudson claiming that he adversely possessed real property adjacent to his house. The property in question had been dedicated about 31 years before as a street on a subdivision plat. The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of the Town, and the court […]

Sep 22, 2020 in Blogs
Filed Under: Trust & Estates Law

Why Your 18 Year-Old Needs Powers of Attorney for Finances and Healthcare

By: Olivia M. Dunn Eileen M. Kelley

As parents, you may not realize that once your child turns 18 years-old, federal and state law restrict your ability to access your child’s healthcare records and to make healthcare and financial decisions on your child’s behalf. This becomes problematic if your adult child were ever to become incapacitated, and unable to make those decisions […]

Oct 16, 2019 in Blogs