ROB DUNIKOSKI

PARTNER

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Rob Dunikoski is a former federal prosecutor with extensive investigations, employment law, and litigation experience who provides sound advice and counsel on high-stakes matters.

Rob has deep experience helping companies and nonprofits navigate sensitive internal investigations, including matters involving executive misconduct, embezzlement, tax treaty violations, discrimination and retaliation, and trade law (import-export) issues.

Rob also advises clients on complex employment law issues and regulatory matters, including issues associated with obtaining and maintaining tax exempt status.

Rob's litigation practice focuses on complex business litigation, including founder disputes, privacy litigation, intellectual property and unfair competition cases, and tariff classification and trade matters.

Before joining C+H, Rob held a leadership role at a major federal law enforcement agency, where he led a team of more than twenty attorneys advising federal special agents and officers on law enforcement issues, customs matters, privacy rights, employment cases, and internal investigations. Earlier in his career, Rob worked at a global law firm, prosecuted federal crimes for the U.S. Department of Justice at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas, and clerked for U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis.

Rob graduated cum laude from Notre Dame Law School.  While there, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy.  

On a personal note, Rob and his wife, Anna, live in Irving, Texas, and have five beautiful children.  Rob is active in the Cistercian Alumni Lawyer’s Group, the Notre Dame Club of Dallas, and the University of Dallas alumni community.

Education

  • Notre Dame Law School, JD, cum laude

  • University of Dallas, BA


Clerkship

  • U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis, 2005-2006


Bar/Court Admissions and Professional Affiliations

  • State Bars of California, Colorado, and Texas

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  • United States District Court for all Districts of Texas

  • United States Court of International Trade

  • Dallas Bar Association, International Law Section, CLE Committee

  • Association of Workplace Investigators

  • Customs and International Trade Bar Association

  • St. Thomas More Society


Publications and Speaking Engagements

• International Trade and Tariffs, German American Chamber of Commerce, Webinar, 2025

• Best Practices for Religious Organization Investigations, Association of Workplace Investigators, Webinar, 2025

• Borders Searches of Digital Devices, Dallas Bar Association, CLE Presentation, 2025

• Employment Considerations for Faith-Based Organizations, Napa Legal Nonprofit Summit, 2025

• Faith-Based Investigations: Key Considerations, Land Mines, and Restoration of Organizational Health, Napa Legal Nonprofit Summit, 2024

• Ethical Pitfalls in Internal Investigations, Presentation to the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators, 2023

• Interview: Customs Summons, Fraud Investigations, and Recommendations, Torres Talks Trade: International Trade and National Security Podcast, 2022

• Interview: Federal Investigations within the Department of Homeland Security, Torres Talks Trade: International Trade and National Security Podcast, 2022

• Sanctions, Export Violations, and Homeland Security Issues Impacting Corporate Clients, Dallas Bar Association, International Law Section, CLE Presentation, 2022

• Statutory Interpretation, Texas A&M Law School, Guest Lecturer, 2021

• Supreme Court’s Categorical Approach, SMU Law School, Guest Lecturer, 2021

• Undercover Operations Training School, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, Training Presentation for Special Agents and Task Force Officers, 2019

• 11th Annual Jolly Roger Hal Jackson Memorial Criminal Law Seminar, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, CLE presentation, 2018

• Airport Search and Seizure, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, Training Presentation for Special Agents and Task Force Officers, 2018

• 139th Annual Training Conference, Sheriff’s Association of Texas, Training Presentation, 2017