About Tom Dunnion

Thomas J. "Tom" Dunnion, Esq. is the Founder of Dunnion Law, which he established in 1975 with a mission to provide convenient, compassionate, and trustworthy help to personal injury victims. He believes that injured Californians deserve dedicated legal representation against insurance companies, and has spent more than 45 years building a firm focused exclusively on plaintiff personal injury work. He now practices alongside two of his children and a team of like-minded attorneys.

The firm covers bicycle accidents, bus accidents, car accidents, catastrophic injuries, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, bad faith insurance, dog bites, premises liability, pedestrian accidents, slip and fall, and wrongful death cases. Tom and his colleagues have secured numerous notable results including a $21.5 million truck accident verdict, a $9.55 million trailer detachment case, an $8 million dog bite settlement (a national record for animal attacks), and a $7.85 million bus accident settlement.

He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers, and Best Attorneys of America.

He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law and is admitted to the State Bar of California.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Dunnion Law

These results are credited to Dunnion Law. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$21.5 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2020 · #15

A Madera County jury deliberated for one hour before awarding $21,513,000 to an 18-year-old farm laborer left partially paralyzed after the van he was riding in was rear-ended at a railroad crossing.

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

Practice areas

Education

University of San Diego School of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

National Trial Lawyers Top 100
Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers
Best Attorneys of America

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