About Donnelly Murphy Lawyers

Donnelly Murphy Lawyers is a full service law firm based in Goderich, Ontario, with additional offices in Grand Bend, Kincardine, Port Elgin, and Hanover, serving Huron, Bruce, and Lambton Counties in southwestern Ontario. The firm traces to a sole practice Frank Donnelly, K.C. opened in Goderich in 1930. The founder's son, Jim Donnelly, joined the practice in 1955, and Dan Murphy joined in 1959, when the firm took the Donnelly and Murphy name it still carries today. It's been serving the region for more than 90 years.

The firm's lawyers handle personal injury, family law, wills and estates, real estate, municipal and business law, employment matters, and civil litigation. One lawyer at the firm is a Law Society certified Specialist in Civil Litigation and holds a Certified Mediator designation, offering mediation in personal injury, accident benefit, and insurance disputes across Ontario. The Goderich office has stood at 18 The Square since at least 1960, the same address the firm has kept through decades of growth to its current five offices across the three counties.

In the community

  • Donnelly Murphy has donated to several Huron County causes, including $25,000 to the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital Foundation's All In For Your Health campaign, $50,000 to the Maitland Recreation Centre, and $30,000 each to the Maitland Valley Medical Centre and the CT Scanner fundraising project for Huron County.
  • Patrick Murphy acted as Co-Chair of the CT Scanner campaign for Huron County and as fundraising committee chairman for the Maitland Valley Recreation Centre.
  • Michael Donnelly is a past member of the Epilepsy Society of Huron-Perth-Bruce, the Goderich Minor Soccer League, and the Goderich Minor Baseball League.
  • Gregory Stewart is a member of the Bayfield Historical Society and chairperson of the local advisory committee for Clinton Public Hospital.
  • Mary Cull has served on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer Society of Huron County and is a current director of the Huron Perth Centre for Children and Youth.

Good to know

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Fees & payment

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Certified Specialists

A designation granted by the Law Society of Ontario, not a self-declared area of focus.

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar
1985–2012 · median 37 years in practice 3 of 11 lawyers
Law schools
Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law (2), University of Toronto (2), University of Windsor 5 of 11 lawyers

Offices 5

325 10th St, Hanover, ON N4N 1P1

18 The Square, Goderich, ON N7A 3Y7

5B-281 Durham St., Kincardine, ON N2Z 2X9

PO Box 10, 667 Goderich St., Port Elgin, ON N0H 2C0

PO Box 339, 38 Ontario St. S, Grand Bend, ON N0M 1T0

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