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Douglas Schroeder

Douglas Schroeder

Law Offices of Douglas W. Schroeder
3151 Airway Avenue, Suite Q-3
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Costa Mesa

California (CA)

T: 714-662-3311
F: 714-590-6458
Industry Groups: American Association For Justice, Consumer Attorneys Of California, Orange County Trial Lawyers Association

Practice Areas

Aviation

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Business Litigation

Selected To

• Southern California Super Lawyers 2012
• Southern California Super Lawyers 2011
• Southern California Super Lawyers 2007

Profile

Douglas W. Schroeder is the founder of the Law Offices of Douglas W. Schroeder, in Costa Mesa, California. He is a nationally respected trial lawyer who handles complex civil litigation in both state and federal courts throughout the nation. His practice areas include aviation law, personal injury and wrongful death, product liability and insurance disputes, where he represents survivors of tragedies and policyholders who have encountered wrongly denied insurance benefits.

Lawyer Douglas Schroeder was admitted to the California Bar in 1988, after graduating cum laude from Western State University College of Law, where he served as editor of the Law Review. He associates with licensed local attorneys throughout the nation to appear before courts pro hac vice in states where he is not licensed.

Mr. Schroeder regularly publishes material and teaches courses and seminars on personal injury and wrongful death litigation. He has been consulted and retained as an expert witness on personal injury and wrongful death and has been frequently invited to lecture at some of the nation’s top legal seminars.

Mr. Schroeder played a critical role in the landmark product liability appeal of Carrillo v. ACF Industries, Inc. 20 Cal. 4th 1158 (1999). He was winning counsel at trial and on appeal in the groundbreaking case of Hiser v. Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.,111 Cal. App. 4th 640 (2003), recovering $11.2 million for the widow of a pilot killed after his helicopter fuel system malfunctioned during a fire suppression mission.

Mr. Schroeder has been selected by his legal peers for inclusion in the California Super Lawyers listing every year since 2007. He has also been named as an AV-rated* lawyer for preeminent legal ability and outstanding ethical standards by Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Schroeder is an active member of the national and the local bar associations, as well as a member of:

  • The American Association for Justice
  • The Consumer Attorneys of California
  • The Orange County Trial Lawyers Association

*CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards, and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards. Just five percent of attorneys are selected for the AV rating.

About Douglas Schroeder

Law School: Western State University College of Law

Admitted: 1988, California

Professional Webpage: www.transitlaw.com/about_us.htm

Honors and Awards:

  • AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • Selected to SoCal Super Lawyers in 2007 and 2011
  • Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Association for Justice
  • Consumer Attorneys of California
  • Chair, Orange County Bar Association, Product Liability Section
  • Member, Executive Committee, Orange County Bar Association, Section on Insurance
  • Chair, Orange County Bar Association,  Aviation Law Section
  • First Vice President, Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
  • California, 1988

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Instructor, University of California's Continuing Education of the Bar ("CEB")
  • Instructor, Aviation Safety Program, University of Southern California's Institute of Safety and Systems Management
  • Program Chair and Lecturer, Southwest Regional Aviation Law Symposium, Palm Springs, California
  • Pacific Northwest Regional Aviation and Insurance Law Seminar in Oregon and Washington
  • Speaker, ABA Aviation Tort Law Symposium in Washington, D.C.
  • Speaker, SMU Air and Space Law Symposium in Dallas
  • Editor, Western State University Law Review

Verdicts and Settlements:

  • $11,200,000 for the widow of a pilot who was killed when the fuel system of his helicopter malfunctioned during a fire suppression mission in the case Hiser v. Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., 111 Cal.App.4th 640, 2003

Representative Clients:

  • In re December 7, 1987 Air Crash Cases
  • Carrillo v. ACF Industries, Inc., 20 Cal. 4th 1158, 1999
  • Hiser v. Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., 111 Cal.App.4th 640, 2003
Call me at 714-662-3311

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