Allan Foeckler

Proven Verdicts
Milwaukee, WI27 years experienceAdmitted 1998

About Allan Foeckler

Allan M. Foeckler is an attorney at Cannon & Dunphy S.C. focused on personal injury and trial work.

Foeckler earned his Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 1998, where he contributed to the Marquette Law Review and was a member of the Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society. He earned his Honors Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Marquette University in 1995. After law school, he served as Law Clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David T. Prosser (1998-1999).

Foeckler is admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin (1998), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Wisconsin Association for Justice (where he served as President in 2023), the Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association, the American Constitution Society's Milwaukee Chapter, and was a Governor Doyle appointee to the Wisconsin Judicial Council. He is an invitation-only member of the International Society of Barristers and the American Board of Trial Advocates.

His honors include the 2017 Robert L. Habush Trial Lawyer of the Year (Wisconsin Association for Justice), Wisconsin Super Lawyers recognition (2012-2024), and inclusion on the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers list. Notable results include a $10.5 million verdict in the O'Donnell Park panel collapse case, a $15 million verdict in an Ozaukee County retaining wall collapse case (October 2025), and a $1.5 million settlement in a hangman's fracture matter.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$15 millionVerdictTop 20 in Wisconsin · #10

An Ozaukee County jury awarded the estate of Judith Cisewski $15 million after a retaining wall at her Port Washington senior living campus collapsed and buried her under concrete blocks for roughly two hours; she died the following day.

Ozaukee County Circuit Court, Wisconsin · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$6.8 millionVerdictTop 20 in Wisconsin · #16

A 13.5-ton concrete panel fell from the O'Donnell Park parking structure in Milwaukee on June 24, 2010 and killed a 15-year-old boy. In November 2013 a Milwaukee County jury put 88 percent of the fault on Advance Cast Stone, found it had concealed a defect in the installation, and awarded the boy's estate and mother more than $6.8 million in compensatory damages. It also awarded $15 million in punitive damages against the company, shared with another injured family.

Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Wisconsin · 2013Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Marquette University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Wisconsin, admitted 1998
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
American Bar Association
Wisconsin Association for Justice (President, 2023)
Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association
Wisconsin Judicial Council (Governor's appointee)
American Constitution Society - Milwaukee Chapter
International Society of Barristers
American Board of Trial Advocates

Awards & recognition

Robert L. Habush Trial Lawyer of the Year, Wisconsin Association for Justice (2017)
Wisconsin Super Lawyers (2012-2024)
Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2026)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Milwaukee firms

Habush Habush & Rottier S.C.
Habush Habush & Rottier S.C.
$99.25 million · Habush's $99.25 Million Miller Park Crane Collapse Verdict
Warshafsky Law Firm
Warshafsky Law Firm
$4.9 Million Verdict for a Brain-Injured Boy Set a Wisconsin Record in 1979
Gruber Law Offices, LLC
Gruber Law Offices, LLC
$633,682 · Milwaukee County Jury Returns $633,682 Verdict in Day-Care Van Death of 7-Year-Old
PKSD Accident and Injury Lawyers
PKSD Accident and Injury Lawyers
$11 Million Verdict for Estate of 88-Year-Old Who Developed Fatal Heel Wounds at Albuquerque Nursing Facility

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.