Telephone: 608-756-4141
Email: Duffy Dillon

Duffy Dillon

Duffy Dillon, a shareholder of Brennan Steil, is a litigator who focuses his practice on business disputes, insurance defense, personal injury, and criminal defense matters. He has handled litigation at both the trial and appellate levels involving trademark infringement, trade secrets, shareholder disputes, contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, insurance coverage litigation, consumer protection, riparian rights, zoning and land use, and personal injury matters.

Mr. Dillon was named by Wisconsin Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Mr. Dillon has been admitted to practice in all Wisconsin State Courts, the U.S. District Courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, the U.S. District Court in the Central District of Illinois, and multiple state courts on a pro hac vice basis. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Wisconsin, and the Rock County Bar Association (Past President).

Mr. Dillon earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Accounting) from the University of Notre Dame in 1997. He received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000. While attending law school, he served as Senior Administrative Editor of the Wisconsin Law Review and published "Child Custody and the Developmentally Disabled Parent," 2000 Wisconsin Law Review 127.

Mr. Dillon currently serves as a director of the Janesville Performing Arts Center (Past President) and the Janesville Youth Baseball & Softball Association. He resides in Janesville with his wife and two children.

Education

• University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1997)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., cum laude, 2000)
• Senior Administrative Editor, Wisconsin Law Review (1999-2000)

Professional

• Member and Past President of the Rock County Bar Association
• Member, James E. Doyle chapter of the American Inns of Court
• Member, State Bar of Wisconsin; Litigation Section
• Member, Wisconsin Association for Justice
• Published, "Child Custody and the Developmentally Disabled Parent", 2000 Wisconsin Law Review 127
• Admitted to Practice
• State of Wisconsin (2000)
• U.S. District Courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court in the Central District of Illinois

Reported Cases

• Glendenning’s Limestone & Ready-Mix Co., Inc. v. Reimer, 2006 WI App 161
• Williams v. American Transmission Company LLC, 2007 WI App 246
• Cottonwood Financial, Ltd. v. Estes, 2010 WI App 75

Other

• Member, Board of Directors, Janesville Youth Baseball, Inc.
• Member, Board of Directors, Janesville Performing Arts Center