Patrick Dunphy

Patrick O. Dunphy is the Co-Founder of Cannon & Dunphy S.C., established in 1985, with over 40 years of trial experience.

Dunphy earned his Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 1976, where he served on the Marquette Law Review (1975-1976), and his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Boston College in 1973. He clerked for Chief Judge John Reynolds at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (1976-1977). He is admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin (1976) and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin.

Dunphy has secured record-setting verdicts and awards between $9.8 million and $35.3 million. Notable matters include constitutional rights cases against law enforcement and a landmark 2015 verdict against a Wisconsin gun dealer for illegal sales—the only such verdict in the nation since 2005. His honors include Wisconsin Super Lawyer (2005-2024; Top 10, 2008-2024), Best Lawyers in America Lawyer of the Year for Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation in Milwaukee (2010, 2012), Law Dragon Top 50 Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, the Wisconsin Association for Justice President's Award (2015), and Marquette University Law School Alumnus of the Year (2014).