Robert D. Crivello

Personal injury lawyer Robert D. Crivello accepted a position at Cannon & Dunphy S.C. soon after graduating from Marquette University Law School, where he graduated with honors in 2003. Now a partner at the firm, Mr. Crivello has earned a reputation as a skilled trial lawyer, securing numerous seven-figure verdicts and settlements for his clients, including an $8.3 million jury verdict for the family of a developmentally disabled adult who suffered a serious brain injury and is now paralyzed due to the negligence of a caretaker. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Robert D. Crivello included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Super Lawyers, Rising Stars (2008-2012) American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) (2023) Wisconsin Law Journal’s Power 30 (2023) (listed as one of the top-30 personal injury attorneys in the State of Wisconsin) Wisconsin Super Lawyers™ for Personal Injury Law (2013-2024) Other Sources of Feedback About Robert D. Crivello Included on the 2025Wisconsin Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2023 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2022 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2021 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2020 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2019 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2018 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2017 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2016 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2015 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2014 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2013 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2012 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2011 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2010 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2009 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list 2008 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• $8.3 million jury verdict in a negligence case involving an adult family home and adult day program where a developmentally disabled adult was allowed unsupervised access to food which caused him to choke, sustain an anoxic brain injury, and paralysis. – Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
• $2.8 million settlement for a bicyclist that sustained a spinal cord injury and incomplete quadriplegia from a highway defect caused by a construction company. – Location: Racine, Racine County, WI
• $2.25 million insurance limits settlements for a man who sustained a partial leg amputation because a driver failed-to-yield the right-of-way to the motorcycle he was riding on. – Location: Mukwonago, Waukesha County, WI
• $2 million settlement for a pedestrian that sustained serious shoulder, hip, and headache injuries after being struck by a pick-up truck in a crosswalk, with a portion of her settlement going to her three minor children for their claims. – Location: Brookfield, Waukesha County, WI
• $1.565 million settlement for a woman who sustained a fractured pelvis and tragically lost her husband when a teenager driving a car failed-to-yield the right-of-way to the motorcycle they were riding on. – Location: New Berlin, Waukesha County, WI
• $1.5 million policy limits settlement for a man who tragically lost his wife, and sustained multiple fractures requiring surgeries, because a speeding, reckless driver crossed the center line and crashed our clients’ vehicle into a building. – Location: West Allis, Milwaukee County, WI
• $1.475 settlement for a man who endured three spinal surgeries following a rear-end motor vehicle collision on the highway. – Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County WI
• $1.25 million insurance policy limits settlement for a man who sustained a degloving injury to his left arm after his vehicle was run off the road, from the other driver’s improper lane change, causing our client’s vehicle to flip several times with our client’s left arm going through the driver’s side window. – Location: Green Bay, Brown County, WI
• $1.25 million insurance policy limits settlement for a man who was paralyzed by a drunk driver after we established insurance coverage for our client. – Location: Hustisford, Dodge County, WI
• $1.25 million insurance policy limits settlement for a woman who sustained multiple fractures in a motor vehicle versus pedestrian collision. – Location: Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, WI
• $1.25 million settlement for a woman who sustained multiple fractures in a motor vehicle collision when, days after her motor vehicle was in for service at a dealership, the left front tire detached from the vehicle causing loss of control and the resulting collision with a sign. – Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

• Wisconsin, 2003
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
• United States Supreme Court

• Milwaukee Bar Association
• Wisconsin Association for Justice