Experience

The Cochran Firm

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Jan 2004 - Present

  Doug has been interviewed by and appeared on ABC News Day One, the Learning Channel, and Court TV regarding information on environmental improvements as a result of the Piper v. Bowater case. Doug also was interviewed and quoted extensively in Collision on I-75 by Dr. Larry Weiss (2004), published by the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C. Doug has lectured extensively around the country, including the Association of Trial Lawyers of America 1995 Annual Convention in New York City and the Summer 2001 meeting of Melvin Belli Society, as part of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, summer convention in Montreal, Canada. He also has lectured to various state trial lawyer associations in New Orleans, Orlando, and Nashville, as well as Sandestin and Gulf Shores, Alabama.Lecturer and Author:Carry the Burden of Proof! Alabama Trial Lawyers Association Annual Seminar, 1989Guest Lecturer at both University of Alabama and Cumberland Law SchoolsATLA Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group Seminar, New Orleans, 1995Motivating Your Practice: The Courage to Persevere, Tennessee Trial Lawyers' Association, 1995Philosophy of Tort Liability, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1995Motivating Your Practice: The Courage to Persevere, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New York City, New York, 1995"Downing v. Bowater," Melvin Belli Society, with the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Montreal, 2001Tort Liability, Hazard Information Foundation, Inc., Arizona, 2003Tips, Techniques, Trends & TLC, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2003Motivating Your Practice: The Courage to Persevere, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2003DePuy Litigation Update: A Look at the State and Federal Claims – What Has Been Filed and the MDL, DePuy Hip Litigation Summit, Chicago, 2010Discovery – Personal Injury 101, National Business Institute, Alabama 2010Civil Justice System, Oakwood College, Alabama 2011