Background
Dunphy, Patrick O. was born on December 21, 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Dunphy, Patrick O. was born on December 21, 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Boston College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1973). Marquette University (Juris Doctor, 1976). Member, Marquette Law Review, 1975-1976.
Worked at Cannon & Dunphy, South Carolina (U.S.) (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) specializing in Trial and Appellate Practice. Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Products Liability and Insurance Law. Corporate Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1976, Wisconsin.
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1993-1995. Member, Marquette Law Review, 1975-1976.
Law Clerk to Chief Judge John Reynolds, United States. District Court of Wisconsin, 1976-1977.
Author: "Special Damages," Wisconsin Law of Damage.
Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1994). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
(Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Cannon & Dunphy, South Carolina (U.S.) is regarded as one of the leading personal injury law firms in Wisconsin.
They have won more eight figure ($10,000,000) awards than any other Wisconsin Law Firm. They were the first law firm to obtain an eight figure jury verdict when they won $17,200,000 in a 1989 premises liability case.
Cannon & Dunphy, South Carolina (U.S.), was also the first personal injury law firm to obtain an out-of-court eight figure personal injury settlement ($10 Million) in a 1991 medical malpractice case in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
This accomplishment was repeated in 1994 with another $10 million medical malpractice out-of-court settlement. Cannon & Dunphy has also been awarded Wisconsin"s largest medical malpractice pretrial settlement (16 million, Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Wisconsin"s largest product liability pretrial settlement (9.7 million, Green Bay, Wisconsin) and Wisconsin"s largest legal malpractice pretrial settlement ($6 million, Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
"Uninsured Motorists Coverage: Wisconsin Courts Open Up Additional Avenues of Recovery," Wisconsin Bar Bulletin, November, 1982. "Rights of Married Women to Sue for Medical Expenses." Wisconsin Bar Bulletin, January, 1984. "Stacking of Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Coverages," Professional Education Systems, Inc., October, 1986.
State Bar of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1985-1990. Officer, since 1990; Company-Chairman, 1985-1987, Continuing Legal Education Programs).
Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Professional Malpractice, Products Liability and General Negligence.