EDUCATION
Fordham University, Bachelor of Arts 1985
Pace University School of Law, Juris Doctorate 1991

BAR ADMISSION
State of Connecticut, December 6, 1991
State of New York, February 19, 1992
United States District Court, Southern District of New York, September 1, 1992
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, September 1, 1992
United States Supreme Court, May 18, 1998

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Western Connecticut State University, Legal Studies, 2007-present
Adjunct Instructor, Mercy College, Criminal Justice Department, 1995-2005

Retired from the New York State Police after a twenty-two year career, seventeen and one-half years as an Investigator in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.  Assignments with the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Troop K BCI and Violent Crimes Investigative Team (Major Crimes Unit). 

Legal practice has focused on real estate law, estate planning and administration, commercial transactions and public sector labor law.  Representation has included lenders in real estate transactions, title insurers in litigation claims, business entities in commercial claims and disputes, landlords in eviction and non--payment proceedings, spouses in separation and divorce matters, criminal defendants in DWI, traffic and misdemeanor offenses, public employees in disciplinary cases, critical incidents, contract negotiations, and equal employment opportunity complaints, as court appointed referee in foreclosure proceedings and client appeals to the New York State Appellate Term, 9th Judicial District and the New York State Appellate Division, 2nd Department.

In the area of public sector law enforcement representation Attorney Dwyer has been involved in police litigation and disciplinary cases either as an attorney or as a consultant.  He has appeared and represented clients before the NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, the NYC Office of Collective Bargaining, the National Labor Relations Board and the NYS Division of Human Rights.  As a lecturer he has been requested to give presentations to trade associations such as the American Society of Industrial Security (A.S.I.S.), Westchester and Hudson Valley Chapters, regional law enforcement training seminars, security company training groups and local organizations.  Law enforcement presentations have been made to the Southern Police Institute Alumni Association, Center for Financial Forensics and Information Security and the Connecticut Conference of Police Commissioners.  Twice qualified as a police expert in New York State Supreme Court and invited to testify before the NYS Governor's Task Force on Police on Police Shootings.  Research and writing areas focused on public and private sector law enforcement liability, law enforcement disciplinary process, critical incident policy, law enforcement ethics and police misconduct.