INSURANCE LITIGATION

ATTORNEY PROFILE

Douglas K. deVries
E-Mail: mail@dkdlaw.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

deVries Law Firm
Partner
Sacramento, California
2003 to present

Mart & deVries
Attorneys at Law, Partner
Sacramento and San Francisco, California  - 1983 to 2003

Civil Trial Lawyer:  Insurance bad faith, personal injury and wrongful death, products liability, professional negligence, business litigation, civil appeals and law and motion
Numerous jury verdicts, court and arbitration awards, settlements and related activities

av rated:  Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory

Admitted to practice:  United States Supreme Court; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; United States District Court, Eastern, Northern and Central Districts of California; California Supreme Court and state appellate and trial courts.

Douglas K. deVries
A Law Corporation
Sacramento, California - l98l to l983
Civil Trial Lawyer 

Rodney A. Klein
A Professional Corporation
Sacramento, California - 1976 to 1981
Civil Trial Lawyer:  Same as above

EDUCATION:

• University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law - Juris Doctor - 1976

Associate Editor, Pacific Law Journal
Traynor Honor Society
Dean's List
Dean's Counsel

• California State University, Northridge, M.A. - Political Science - 1973

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Department Chairman

• University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. - Political Science - 1967

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• California State Bar - Member:  December 1976 to present
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 1996-present.
• Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), formerly California Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) 1978 to present

President - 1993-1994
President-Elect - 1992 - 1993
Vice President - 1988, 1991, 1992
Financial Secretary - 1985, 1986
Board of Governors - 1981-1986, 1989-90
Amicus Curiae Comm. - 1983 to present
Legislative Chair - 1990, 1991, 1991 - 1992
Education Chair - 1987
Editor, CTLA Forum - 1985
Editor, Special Publications and Projects - 1983
Presidential Awards of Merit - 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993
PAC Board of Trustees - Region 1 - 1980-1982, 1990 to 1994
PAC Northern California Co-Chair, 1991, 1992
State Office Chair - 1986, 1990
Chair, By-law Revision Committee - 1987

• Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association - 1977 to present

President - 1981
Board of Directors - 1978-1981

• American Bar Association -

Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1980 to present
Life, Health and Disability Insurance Committees, 1995 to present

• Sacramento County Bar Association - 1976 to present

Bar Council - 1981

• American Arbitration Association

Arbitrator - 1981

PROFESSIONALLY - RELATED APPOINTMENTS AND ACTIVITIES:

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 AIDS Vaccine Injury Compensation Policy, State of California, 1988, appointed by Governor

Member, California State Bar Commission on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, 1987, appointed by State Bar President

Legal Seminar Chairperson, CTLA 17th Annual Tahoe Seminar, April 1982,   "New Frontiers:  Legal Insights for the 80's"; 22nd Annual Tahoe Seminar, April 1986, "New Horizons in the Law"; State Convention Seminar "Brilliant Past - Bold Future," November 1987; State Convention Seminar, "Freedom and the Law" (co-chair), November 1991

Faculty, CTLA College of Advocacy - 1985

Agreed Mediator, Civil Disputes, 1998 to present

Arbitrator, numerous Mandatory Medical Malpractice Arbitrations, 1981 to 1994

Judge, University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Moot Court competitions, 1984,   1988

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

Community Representative, Sacramento County Supervisors' Ad Hoc Committee on Pre-Trial Incarceration Policies, 1977-1978

Lecturer, numerous legal education seminars - CAOC, CTLA, California State Bar, Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), American Bar Association (ABA), The Rutter Group, American Conference Institute (ACI)

Author, numerous legal articles and syllabi materials concerning civil litigation, insurance and legal policy issues

Named in Who's Who in Law, Sacramento Business Journal, 1992