Background
Cannon, William M. was born on April 24, 1948 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Cannon, William M. was born on April 24, 1948 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
University of Paris, France, National University of Ireland, Ireland and Marquette University (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). University of Wisconsin (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Worked at Cannon & Dunphy, South Carolina (U.S.) (Brookfield, Wisconsin) specializing in Trial and Appellate Practice. Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Products Liability and Insurance Law. Corporate Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1972, Wisconsin.
Member: Milwaukee Bar Association. State Bar of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chairman, DPT Litigation Committee, 1984-1986.
Member, Board of Directors, Aquatic Injury Safety Litigation Group, 1987-1990.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1991. American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (Diplomate). 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 millon, 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).
Milwaukee Bar Association. State Bar of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chairman, DPT Litigation Committee, 1984-1986.
Member, Board of Directors, Aquatic Injury Safety Litigation Group, since 1987). American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (Diplomate).
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Professional Malpractice, Products Liability and General Negligence.