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Douglas E. Fierberg
Phone: 202-828-4100
Direct: 202-862-4322
E-mail: dfierberg@bode.com
http://www.hazinglaw.com
Doug
Fierberg is a partner and trial lawyer in the firm of
Bode & Grenier L.L.P. specializing in commercial
and other civil disputes. Doug has represented business
and individual clients in the prosecution and defense
of numerous types of claims, including breach of contract,
employment or other business agreements, commercial torts,
and serious personal injury.
In his personal
injury practice, Doug has represented victims of auto
and other accidents, and numerous young victims of
hazing, sexual assault or other dangerous or violent
misconduct in school or institutional (camp, juvenile
mental health and other) settings.
Doug is President (2003-2004) of the National
Advisory Board of the National Crime Victim Bar Association
("NCVBA"). NCVBA is comprised of lawyers and
other professionals across the country who advocate
for the rights of victims of crime, particularly with
respect to victims' rights to utilize the civil justice
system to seek compensation and protect their interests. Doug
is a Founder and Chairperson of the national group "Schools:
Violence, Misconduct, and Safety," which operates under
the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA). Doug
is also a member of ATLA, and the Bars of the District
of Columbia and Maryland. Doug has been admitted
to practice in federal, district and circuit courts
serving Maryland and the District of Columbia, and
he has been admitted pro hac vice in order
to serve as lead counsel for wrongful death and serious
personal injury cases brought in numerous other state
courts, including, among others, courts in Virginia,
Michigan, Tennessee, Indiana, Texas and Ohio. Doug
represents some of the largest Washington-area community
associations and local Advisory Neighborhood Commissions,
including the Citizens Association of Georgetown, the
Dupont Circle Citizens Association, the Logan Circle
Community Association, the Kalorama Citizens Association,
the Lamond-Riggs Citizens Associations, and numerous
politial advisory neighborhood commissions and he has
received Community Advocate, Community Liaison and
Public Defense awards in connection with his work in
this area of law.
Doug graduated
from the University of Michigan (BA, Psychology) with
Class Honors in 1980, and received his law degree with
Honors from the George Washington University National
Law Center in 1988.
Doug
has lectured about the legal issues relating to campus safety
and student injury to various universities, high schools, fraternities,
sororities and students. He has appeared as an expert on the
subject in a number of forums, such as national television (CNN,
MSNBC and Fox Television) and radio programs in the United States
and Canada, and he has been quoted in numerous articles on the
subjects of injuries to students and related litigation (New
York Times, Washington Post and others). Recently, Doug
appeared as a legal expert on hazing on John McGlaughlin's television
production, "One-On-One," and Kweisi Mfume's television show, "The
Bottom Line" (WBAL-CH11). At the university and high school level,
Doug appeared as a panelist on the nationally-broadcast videoconference, "Broken
Pledges: Fraternities and Sororities at the Crossroads," sponsored
by Black Issues in Higher Education. Doug was also a featured
speaker at the 2001 annual conference of the National Crime Victim
Bar Association, where he identified strategies for representing
college or high school students who have been seriously injured.
Doug's more recent publications include: Fraternity Litigation:
A Basic Primer on the Status of Violence, Injury, Death, Alcohol
Misuse, and Litigation Involving the Fraternity Industry (presented
at the 2004 conference of ATLA); Victim Advocate, Representing
Victims of Hazing and Other Group Violence on Campus, (Vol.
3, No. 2, Fall, 2001); Synthesis: Law and Policy in Higher Education,
(Vol. 10, No. 3, Winter, 1999); and, The School Administrator: Hazing
Prevention Deserves Attention, Too (Vol. 57, No. 9, October
2000).
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