Dustin Pusch

About Dustin Pusch

Dustin Pusch is an experienced litigator with expertise in protecting the reputations of individuals and businesses across the spectrum, including Fortune 500 companies and small businesses, executives and educators, doctors and patients, and public figures across the globe. He has represented individuals and companies in the financial, political, education, medical, pharmaceutical, non-profit, and film and entertainment industries against numerous media outlets, including Fox News, Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and CBS. Through prepublication correspondence, Dustin has promoted fair and accurate reporting about his clients and has killed misleading proposed stories by The Washington Post, 60 Minutes, and The New York Times.Most recently, Dustin helped secure the historic $787.5 million settlement on behalf of Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation litigation against Fox News and Fox Corp, the “largest publicly known defamation settlement in US History involving a media company.” He also represents Dominion in its other defamation lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell, former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, OAN, and Newsmax, all of which have survived motions to dismiss and are in the middle of discovery.Dustin helped obtain a $52.125 million FINRA arbitration award for former star hedge fund managing director Daniel Michalow against his former employer, DE Shaw, and total absolution for the firm’s false allegations against Mr. Michalow. The award was the “largest ever handed down by Finra for a dispute within the industry, and the largest overall for the last five years.” Dustin played a key role, both before and during trial, on the Clare Locke team that won a $3 million jury verdict from Rolling Stone magazine for false and defamatory statements in a now-debunked viral article about an alleged gang rape at UVA. Dustin also facilitated a confidential settlement of a multi-million-dollar dispute between his client – a successful businessman and international adventurer – and a space tourism company that warranted that it had the rights from the Russian Federal Space Agency to provide a flight around the moon. Utilizing the international Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”), Dustin has secured the ownership rights to an unlawfully registered and harassing domain name and website that infringed on the common law trademark rights of his client, a high-profile hedge fund manager.

Experience

1. Co-founder & Partner

   Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch LLP

   Aug 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• The George Washington University Law School

  Doctor of Law (J.D.), International Law

  2008 — 2012

• Boston College

  BA, Cum Laude, Political Science, History

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Public Policy
• Program Evaluation
• Legal Research
• Legislation
• Foreign Policy
• Public Speaking
• Human Rights
• Fundraising
• Policy Analysis
• International Relations
• Politics
• Program Management
• Analysis
• Legal Writing
• Political Campaigns
• Policy
• Data Analysis
• Non-Profits
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Editing
• Leadership
• Community Outreach