Dillon White is a constitutional law scholar, First Amendment attorney, and the Head of Business Development at Messerli Kramer, where he oversees client interactions and drives firm growth. While he works closely with each practice group in both the Minneapolis and St. Paul offices, he differentiates his role from that of other firms by focusing on the particularized strategies of clients. Dillon meets regularly with businesses and individuals in Messerli Kramer’s legal portfolio and tries to learn their needs, situations, and aspirations, so that he can spot opportunities within both his and the firm’s network to drive client success.
Dillon also partners with firms all over the country on a variety of cases and litigation files, and he is a frequent expert witness in a number of areas. He has a deep background in employment law, personal injury, discrimination, advertising and media law, and Title IX, and he started his career representing victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment across a variety of institutional organizations and governmental entities.
Dillon’s approach to law is the same as his approach to business development — let the client guide the approach, rather than the other way around. He strives to meet both his clients and his coworkers where they’re at, a byproduct of not only his legal background, but also his educational one, serving as a constitutional law professor with a focus in the First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Dillon is also a regular guest on local and national outlets for his opinions on the law as it relates to current events, primarily due to his status on social media. With a following of nearly 5 million people across platforms, Dillon is more commonly known as dadchats on TikTok and by dillonmichaelwhite on Instagram.