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Douglas B. Abrams Abrams & Abrams, P.A. 2021 Fairview Road Raleigh, NC 27608 |
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Doug Abrams has been a practicing trial lawyer for more than 20 years. Doug is a partner in the firm of Abrams & Abrams, P.A. in Raleigh, North Carolina. Doug currently represents plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury cases, tractor trailer wrecks, products liability or defective products cases, plant explosions and fire cases, business tort litigation, professional negligence, environmental torts, class actions, and other tort cases.
Doug has given numerous lectures and has written extensively on the subject of personal injury and tort law. Doug also has served as the President of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and has been active in the NCATL. Doug has also been active in the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Doug has been selected for inclusion in a leading publication entitled The Best Lawyers in America .
In addition to severe personal injury cases involving trucks and tractor trailers and other heavy equipment vehicles, and business tort cases, presently, Doug is serving as counsel in lawsuits against Smithfield Foods and others for environmental torts. As is stated in the pending litigation, these claims for relief are based on the significant pollution these Defendants have generated in the Neuse River, Cape Fear and New River systems. Doug is also counsel in a lawsuit seeing class action certification against Chrysler based on claims for relief that Chrysler engaged in a pattern of lemon laundering or reselling lemons without proper disclosures to consumers.
Doug grew up in Greenville, South Carolina in a family of lawyers. Doug's father was a trial lawyer in Greenville, South Carolina. Doug has a brother and sister who are lawyers. Margaret Abrams, Doug's wife, is also a lawyer and she practices in the firm of Abrams & Abrams, P.A. Margaret's father is a retired lawyer and her brother is also a trial lawyer in New Jersey.
- Areas Of Practice:
- Catastrophic Personal Injury
- Brain Injury and Quadriplegia
- Wrongful Death
- Tractor Trailer Wrecks
- Products Liability
- Defective Vehicles
- Business Torts
- Environmental Torts
- Class Actions
- Industrial/Construction Accidents
- Railroad Litigation
- Professional Negligence
- Maritime Litigation
- Bar Admissions:
- South Carolina, 1979
- North Carolina, 1979
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1995
- Education:
- Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1979
- J.D.
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Law Review: Wake Forest Law Review, Member, 1977 - 1978
- Law Review: Wake Forest Law Review, Research Editor, 1978 - 1979
- Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1976
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Major: Political
- Published Works:
- Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit (Contributing Author), ATLA Press, 3rd Edition, 1991
- North Carolina's New Products Liability Act: A Critical Analysis (Co-Author), Wake Forest University Law Review, Vol. 16, 1980
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Faculty, Civil Trial Advocacy, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1988 - 1993
- Honors and Awards:
- Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc.
- Who's Who o Emerging Leaders in America
- Wake Forest Carswell Scholar, 1973
- Wake Forest Full Tuition Scholarship, 1976 - 1979
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- North Carolina Consumers Council, 1981 - 1986
- Board of Directors
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Associate
- Wake County Bar Association
- Member
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Member
- North Carolina State Bar
- Member
- South Carolina Bar
- Member
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995 - 1996
- President
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Benefactor
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1993 - 1994
- Vice-President, Education
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1990 - 1993
- Vice-President, Public Service and Information
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1983 - 1986
- Co-Chairman, Amicus Curiae Committee
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1987 - Present
- Board of Governors
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Sustaining Member
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1990 - 1991
- Co-Chair, Exchange Committee
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1996 - 1997
- Co-Chair
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Sections to Litigation Group Coordination Council, 1991 - 1994
- Co-Chair
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1992 - 1994
- Member, Communications, Computers and Law Office Technology Committee
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1989 - 1991
- Subcommittee Chairperson, Products Liability Advisory Committee
- Birth Information:
- March 18, 1954, Greenville, South Carolina
