Professor Dobbyn’s scholarly interests focus on insurance and criminal law. His
publications include: Handling Property and Casualty Claims (1985 & Supp. 1986);
Handling Fidelity and Surety Claims (1985 & Supp. 1986); Insurance Law in a Nutshell
(1981); Injunctions in a Nutshell (1974); and So You Want to Go to Law School (1974). He
was a contributing author for the four-volume treatise entitled No Fault and Uninsured
Motorist Automobile Insurance (1985). He also has published articles in the St.
Mary's Law Journal, the Cornell Law Review, the Missouri Law Review, and the Boston
College Industrial and Commercial Law Review, and has served as a book reviewer for the
American Journal of Legal History.
Professor Dobbyn received his J.D. from Boston College Law School and his LL.M. from
Harvard Law School. At Boston College Law School, he was Casenote Editor on the Law
Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Following graduation from law school, he
was a law clerk to United States District Judge Anthony Julian. He then worked in private
practice at Burns & Levinson in Boston. Professor Dobbyn has also been a Visiting
Professor of Law at St. Mary's School of Law and Southwestern University School of
Law.
Professor Dobbyn served in the United States Air Force, and is an active member of the
Mystery Writers of America.
