Douglas Fees
The Cochran Firm, with office locations nationwide
Toll Free:
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(256) 536-7754
Personal:
Born Sidney, Nebraska, February 22, 1957. Admitted to Bar, 1983, Alabama.
Education:
Auburn University (B.S.M.E, 1979)University of Alabama (J.D., 1983) Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Tau Sigma; Phi Alpha Delta (President, 1982-1983); Bench and Bar; Mortar Board; Farrah Law Society (Vice President, 1982-1983).
Lecturer and Author:
Legal Considerations and the Head-Injured presented at Alabama Trial Lawyers Association Summer Seminar, 1988; Settlement Strategies: Plaintiff's Perspective, presented November 17, 1988, for Alabama Bar Institute; Carry the Burden of Proof! Presented at Alabama Trial Lawyers Association Annual Seminar, 1989. Guest Lecturer at both University of Alabama and Cumberland Law Schools; Speaker at the ATLA Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group Seminar in New Orleans, February, 1995; Motivating Your Practice: The Courage to Persevere, presented at Tennessee Trial Lawyers' Association Annual Convention; Surviving and Succeeding in the '90's, May, 1995; Philosophy of Tort Liability presented at the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association's Annual Seminar, June, 1995; Motivating Your Practice: The Courage to Persevere presented at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America 1995 Annual Convention, New York City, New York, July 1995. "Downing v. Bowater" presented at the summer meeting of the Melvin Belli Society, as part of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Summer Convention in Montreal, Canada, 2001; Tort Liability, presented at the Hazard Information Foundation, Inc., conference, Sierra Vista, Arizona, February 2003; Tips, Techniques, Trends & TLC, New Orleans, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, , February 2003; Motivating Your Practice: The Courage to Persevere, presented at Southern Trial Lawyers' Association, 2003; Supporting Member, the Melvin M. Belli Society. Supporting Fellow of the Roscoe Pound Institute (2001-2003).
Television Appearances:
1994 Interviewed by ABC News Day One which did a feature on the Bowater Case; several years later, appeared on The Learning Channel which did a story called "Killer Fog"; 2004 Court TV interview as part of its story on the Bowater case entitled "Fatal Fog." Court TV and The Learning Channel continue to include these news stories as part of their programming.
Also interviewed and quoted extensively in a book by Dr. Larry Weiss entitled, Collision on I-75 (2004), by American Public Health Association, Washington, DC
Memberships:
Huntsville-Madison County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1987-1988; Executive Committee 1988-2000; Chairman, Speakers Bureau Committee, 1992-1996; Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1989-1991; chairman, Local Chapters Committee, 1988-1989; 1999-2000; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Practice Areas:
Tort Liability On The Side Of People.
