Insurance Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Doug deVries has litigated insurance-related civil cases for 35 years in State and Federal Courts in California and Nevada, and has served as a litigation and insurance law consultant and agreed mediator and arbitrator for many years.

He is A-V rated by Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory and is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the American Bar Association, having served as National Vice-Chair of the ABA Life and Disability Insurance Committee.

Mr. deVries received his J.D. degree from UOP-McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento in 1976. While there, his honors included Traynor Honor Society, Dean's List and Associate Editor of Pacific Law Journal. He received a B.A. degree from UCLA in 1967, served in the U.S. Army as a Counter-intelligence Agent from 1968 - 1971, and received an M.A. degree from California State University, Northridge, in 1973.

Mr. deVries is a frequent lecturer and author on insurance law and related topics, and has been recognized in Best Lawyers In America and Who's Who In American Law. He was a contributing author for the Insurance Settlement Handbook, 2^nd ed. (James Publishing Group, 1992).

Admitted to practice: United States Supreme Court; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; United States District Courts (Eastern, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California); California Supreme Court, and State appellate and trial courts; pro hac vice admissions United States District Court, Nevada, and Nevada State District Court.

Mr. deVries has also received numerous honors and appointments, including the following:

Member, mediator panels for the Sacramento County Superior Court and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

Member, Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Differential Case Management, 1991, appointed by Chief Justice, California Supreme Court

Mediator/Arbitrator, Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust (Asbestos claims), U.S. Federal District Court, 1989 to 1993

Judge Pro Tem, Sacramento County Superior Court, special assignments to preside over settlement conferences and jury trials, 1988 to present, selected by Presiding Judge;

Lead Judge Pro Tem - Settlement Conferences

1991 Member, Governor's Task Force on Vaccine Injury Compensation Policy, State of California, 1988, appointed by Governor

Member, California State Bar Commission on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (commission responsible for designing California's Mandatory Continuing Legal Educations System), 1987, appointed by State Bar President

Arbitrator, numerous mandatory binding contractual (including commercial) arbitrations 1981 to present

President (co-founder), Sierra - Curtis Neighborhood Association and Sierra II Center for the Arts and Community, Sacramento, 1979-1981

Expert Witness, numerous appearances before Judiciary committees of California State Senate and Assembly on proposed laws affecting civil litigation and insurance, 1980 to present

Contributor, California Judicial Council, Civil Approved Jury Instructions (CACI) - Insurance (June 2008 Ed.)