Dunning joins Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty

Cold Spring Harbor, NY According to Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, Carol Dunning has joined the firm as general counsel. 

“While new to this position, Carol has long been a trusted, valued counselor to the organization,” said Deirdre O’Connell, CEO of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty. “Her expertise in both residential and commercial real estate transactions, coupled with her in-depth knowledge of corporate governance and regulatory issues, makes her a tremendous asset in our daily transactions as well as our overall strategic planning process.”

Dunning has been practicing since 1990, with a primary concentration in real estate transactional matters.  

Having worked in both large and small law firms throughout her career, she has extensive experience in all aspects of residential transactions, as well as in commercial acquisitions and sales, commercial leasing, and asset sales and purchases. Prior to 2002, Dunning was a partner at Ross & Hardies in New York City and after that maintained a private practice, Carol A. Dunning P.C. Over the past decade, Dunning has closed in excess of 80 transactions per year, giving her an in depth knowledge and keen perspective on the multitude of issues facing the parties, real estate agents, lenders and attorneys in today’s marketplace. 

“After years in private practice, I am thrilled to make this change and join such a professional and dynamic organization,” she said.

Having represented a variety of for-profit and non-profit entities in corporate governance and related issues, Dunning is a competent advisor with respect to the strategic needs and challenges facing businesses in an ever-changing regulatory environment. She has counseled and represented many business clients in disputes, including partnership dissolutions, real estate partitions, contract breaches and board disputes.

Dunning is the chairperson of the Saint Mary’s High School Advisory Board. She also serves on the school’s Strategic Planning Committee and Gaels Parents Association Leadership Committee. She is a graduate of Boston College Law School and earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.