Douglas Jaye Fees

Born 1957, Sidney, Nebraska, Doug Fees is the managing attorney in The Cochran Firm’s Huntsville office. With an educational background in both mechanical engineering and law, Doug seeks to utilize the Tort System for both its primary social purpose of preventing accidental injury and death and secondarily, seeking fair compensation for the clients he represents. He incorporates the concepts of safety engineering in his daily practice of handling products, construction, and premises liability cases, as well as tractor-trailer and automobile accidents. Doug has been interviewed by and appeared on ABC News Day One, the Learning Channel, YouTube, Netflix 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 2001 meeting of The Melvin Belli Society, as part of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America 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. In September of each year, Doug co-hosts the 21-Hour Philo Invitational Seminar held in Detroit, Michigan, at the Courtyard Downtown Detroit Marriott. The invitation-only seminar is presented to attorneys around the country. Doug is also a presenter of several topics on Tort Liability at the Philo Seminar. Doug received the Al Sansone Service Award, the highest award of service recognized by the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a Supporting Member of the Melvin M. Belli Society and Supporting Fellow of the Roscoe Pound Institute.

University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa

J.D. (1983) | Law

1980 - 1983

Honors: Phi Alpha Delta, president, 1982-1983 Bench and Bar Mortar Board Farrah Law Society, Vice President, 1982-1983 Al Sansone Service Award by the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association

Auburn University

B.S. (1979) | Mechanical Engineering

1975 - 1979

Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa Pi Tau Sigma

Top 100 Civil Plaintiff's Lawyer

National Trial Lawyers

2017

Member of Alliance Against Drugs

Attorney General of the State of Alabama

1989

Al Sansone Service Award

Alabama Trial Lawyers Association

1983

Top 100 Lawyer

American Trial Lawyers Association

Alabama State Bar

Member

Current

Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association

Current

American Bar Association

Current

American Association of Justice

Current

Alabama Association of Justice

Current

National Trial Lawyers

Current

Melvin M. Belli Society

Supporting Member

Current

Roscoe Pound Institute

Supporting Fellow

Current

Alabama Trial Lawyers Association

Current

Activities: Board of Governors, 1987-1988 Executive Committee, 1988-2010 Chairman, Speakers' Burea Committee, 1992-1996 Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1989-1991 Chairman, Local Chapters Committee, 1988-1989; 1999-2000

Alabama

• Automobile Crashes
• Trucking Collisions
• Trial Practice
• Premises Liability