Dennis D Duffy

Biographical Information

Dennis Duffy combines an extensive background in business with a wide range of legal experience to provide his clients with a uniquely practical perspective. An attorney since 1989, he now devotes his practice primarily to estate planning and asset protection. Mr. Duffy also offers frequent educational seminars on a variety of estate planning topics to both the general public and private groups in the Quad Cities area.

Mr. Duffy has been practicing law since 1989, when he joined the general practice firm of Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton & Noe in Moline Illinois. In 1990, Mr. Duffy and five other attorneys founded the law firm of Anderson & Nelson, with offices in Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport Iowa; the firm eventually grew to 12 attorneys, with Mr. Duffy as managing partner. He founded Duffy Law Office in 1995.

Before returning to school for his advanced law and business degrees, Mr. Duffy worked for nearly a decade for Per Mar Security & Research Corp. in Davenport, as Vice President.

Mr. Duffy is a member of the American and state bar associations of both Iowa and Illinois as well as the Scott and Rock Island County Bar Associations.

He is an executive member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys. He is co-author of the book Estate Planning Basics - A Crash Course in Safeguarding Your Legacy. Also, the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys announced that Mr. Duffy was honored with the Academy Fellow designation. The Fellow program recognizes Academy Members who demonstrate advanced expertise and significant practical experience in the estate planning, trust, tax planning, guardianship, probate and estate administration fields.

Mr. Duffy earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in Business Administration and his Juris Doctor degree, with distinction, from the University of Iowa. While in law school, he served as Case Editor for the Moot Court Executive Board and received the prestigious American Jurisprudence Award for excellence in real estate transfer and finance law.