Honors and Awards: Served as Orange County Superior Court Temporary Judge and Arbitrator and Settlement Judge for Orange County Superior Court; listed in "Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers"; listed in the "Best Lawyers in America"; AV rated by Martindale Hubbell; listed in Straithmore's Who's Who, and in 2008 was names its professional of the year in medical malpractice.

Special Licenses/Certifications: Admitted to California Bar, 1971; Admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals and the United States Federal District Courts for the Central, Northern, and the Southern districts of California; Argued cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court, and various Appellate Courts of the state of California.

Bar/Professional Activity: California Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Orange County Bar Association, the J. Ruben Clark Law Society, Consumer Attorneys of California, the American Association for Justice, the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, and the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Lecturer on trial advocacy skills on several occasions for California Continuing Education of the Bar.

Verdicts and Settlements: Thousands of successful settlements; Doug has tried cases in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Imperial, and Alameda counties in California.  He has also represented clients in most other California counties.

Representative Clients: Standing between the abuse of power by the Government, Corporations and individuals, our clients are those who have been injured, abused or taken advantage of by those with power to cause harm.

Other Outstanding Achievements: For more than 23 years, Doug Easton has had an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell , the nation’s oldest and most prestigious peer rating service.  These ratings are the result of confidential questionnaires sent to other practicing attorneys and members of the judiciary.  The “A” rating is “the highest legal ability rating,” while  the “V” signifies “very high adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability, and diligence.”  Only about 5% of the attorneys in America have an “AV” rating. Doug Easton and the firm are proudly listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers, a listing of the legal community’s most highly regarded professionals.In 2007, 2008 and 2009, Doug was listed among the Best Lawyers in America.  The Best Lawyers in America is a preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States.  Best Lawyers list attorneys who have been nominated and voted on by their peers.  Lawyers cannot buy their way onto this list.  They must earn a spot through exemplary legal work that attracts the notice of their colleagues.  To remain on the list, they must remain at the top of their game, year after year.  Doug was also featured in the Los Angeles Times Magazine in 2007, 2008 and 2009 as one of Southern California’s “Best Lawyers.”

Educational Background: B.A. degree cum laude from Brigham Young University in 1967 and his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 1970