Prior to joining Arent Fox, Dennis served as vice president and general counsel of The George Washington University (GW), the District of Columbia’s largest private employer. He created the Office of the General Counsel in 1995 and was integral in a variety of administrative issues, including governance and campus development and acquisitions; human resource services and labor relations; and the establishment of the protocols and compliance infrastructure required of a research institution.

While at GW, he managed the university’s corporate and legal activities, directing a legal staff of 12 in-house attorneys and numerous outside counsel on legal issues ranging from real estate to international affairs.

Dennis has been a member of the higher education legal community since 1966, working for various public and private universities across the nation. Prior to GW, he served as executive assistant to the president of the University of Maryland, College Park. During his time with the University of Maryland, Dennis took a leave of absence to direct a project for the Carnegie Corporation on collective bargaining in higher education.