Supreme Court permits statutory reduction of Three Strikes sentence that dissent calls an “endorse[ment] [of] legislative overreach”

Ryan M. Dunbar

Associate
San Francisco

Ryan Dunbar draws from a broad range of experience at both the trial and appellate levels. Before joining the firm, Ryan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jennifer W. Elrod of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Prior to clerking, he was a litigation associate at a multinational law firm in San Francisco.

Ryan graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was the Supervising Chair of the Harvard Law Review. He was a member of the winning team of the Ames Moot Court Competition, also winning the prize for Best Brief.

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Fonseca v. Walmart (2025)

California superior court grants judgment notwithstanding the verdict and eliminates a $34 million damages award in an employment defamation case.