About Us
P.A. Duffy & Co is a leading, all-island law firm with offices in Belfast, Dublin, Dungannon and Omagh.
P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors is a leading all-island law firm, providing expert legal advice and representation to individuals, and businesses across Ireland.
With offices in Belfast, Dublin, Dungannon and Omagh, our team combines deep local knowledge with extensive cross-border expertise, allowing us to advise clients seamlessly across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
For more than six decades, we have built a reputation for excellence, acting in some of the most significant and complex legal matters across these islands. Our solicitors are recognised leaders in their fields, delivering strategic, results-driven advice across a broad range of practice areas, including corporate and commercial law, litigation and dispute resolution, human rights, public law, personal injury, medical negligence, property and private client services.
Our Approach
At P.A. Duffy & Co our approach is guided by our mission, vision and values. As a law firm, our mission is to provide creative, results driven solutions to legal problems for our clients. Our commitment is to empower clients with forward thinking strategies that deliver tangible results.
Innovative Thinking at Our Core
We foster a culture of innovation and creativity within our teams, whereby our lawyers are encouraged to think differently and not conform to industry norms when it comes to representing our clients.
The Power of Teamwork
We firmly believe in the power of collaboration. Our specialised teams are carefully structured to optimise performance, with each Department being Partner led and consisting of the full spectrum of legal professionals.
Everyone’s Voice Matters
We have also established focus groups to ensure that the voices of our wider team are heard on ‘non-legal’ matters which we feel are essential to the effective running of the practice. Each group is made up of the full range of legal professionals across different offices which helps to ensure that all of our staff contribute to the direction of the practice.
Our People, Our Strength
Our greatest asset is our team members. They bring a diverse range of ideas and perspectives to the table which is integral to the fulfilling the firm’s vision of creating a community without conformity.
Partnering With Clients for Real Impact
Above all, we prioritise building strong relationships with our clients, taking the time to understand their issues, the challenges they face, and how we can best support them in achieving their objectives.
Our Values
The culture within P.A. Duffy & Co is underpinned by six core values, which are practised and encouraged throughout the firm.
- Mastery
- Honesty
- Collegiality
- Empathy
- Innovation
- Autonomy
Joseph H Donnelly Solicitors was founded.
Paddy Duffy acquires Joseph H Donnelly Solicitors and the firm is renamed as P.A. Duffy & Co.
Paddy’s influence went well beyond the legal world. He was one of the founding members of one of the major political parties in NI in the 1970’s. He would later be elected to the Northern Ireland assembly in 1973 after winning a seat in the Mid Ulster district. Paddy was also integral in setting up the Lough Neagh fishermen’s cooperative in the 1960’s. This was an important step toward ensuring that local fishermen could earn a good living for their hard labour.
Paddy passed away in 1995, leaving behind a rich legacy in the legal world and beyond.
Thereafter, the various P.A. Duffy & Co offices continued to operate autonomously under separate ownership. In 2001 Kieran Quinn joined the Dungannon office after returning from London where he worked as a solicitor for a few years. Soon afterwards he became a Partner in the firm, a position which he still holds today.
Conal McGarrity then joined the firm in 2013 and became a Partner in 2017. Kieran and Conal quickly set about actioning a plan for the strategic growth of the business and the following years saw a rapid expansion with further offices established in Dublin and Belfast. In 2024 Enda McGarrity became the firm’s youngest ever Partner, having initially joined the firm as a paralegal in 2018.
In recent years PA Duffy & Co’s reach has spread through the island of Ireland and indeed further afield, including featuring in the last UK case before the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and representing bereaved families in the UK Covid Inquiry in London. The work ethic, innovation and broader societal contribution that were the hallmarks of P.A. Duffy & Co since its inception continue to act a guiding principle for the firm. The mission, vision and values of the firm aim to strike a balance between embracing modernity and striving for growth, while also staying true to our roots.
Enda McGarrity appointed Director and youngest ever-partner.