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Douglas B. Abrams 
2021 Fairview Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27608
 

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Phone: 919-755-9166
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Fax: 919-755-9396
Web site: http://www.abramslawfirm.com


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Doug Abrams has been a practicing trial lawyer for more than 30 years. Doug is a partner in the firm of Abrams & Abrams, P.A. in Raleigh, North Carolina. Doug currently represents plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury cases, tractor trailer wrecks, plant explosions and fire cases, products liability or defective products cases, fifteen passenger van rollover cases, business tort litigation, and other tort cases.

Doug has given numerous lectures and has written extensively on the subject of personal injury and tort law. Doug served as the President of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (now the North Carolina Advocates for Justice) for 1995-1996 and has remained on the Board of NCAJ in numerous capacities both before and after that time.  He currently serves on the Executive Committee of NCAJ.   Doug has also been active in the American Association for Justice and currently serves on their Board of Governors. Doug has been selected for inclusion in a leading publication entitled The Best Lawyers in America, as well as the publication Super Lawyers.

In addition to severe personal injury cases involving trucks and tractor trailers and other heavy equipment vehicles, and business tort cases, presently, Doug is the lead counsel for over twenty-five employees injured in the explosion and fire at the ConAgra Foods facility in Garner, North Carolina.  He served as lead counsel for the employees injured or killed in the explosion of the West Pharmaceuticals plant in Kinston, North Carolina.

Doug graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in 1976 and from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1979.  Doug grew up in Greenville, South Carolina in a family of lawyers. Doug's father was a trial lawyer in Greenville, South Carolina. Doug has a brother and sister who are lawyers. Margaret Abrams, Doug's wife, is also a lawyer and she practices in the firm of Abrams & Abrams, P.A. They have been joined in their practice by the eldest of their four sons, Noah Abrams.

In the community, Doug has coached all four of his sons in their various sports activities, including basketball, baseball, and soccer.  He is an avid supporter of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes.  He is also the owner of an independent music store, Indoor Storm, and enjoys playing the guitar and off-shore fishing with his sons.  Doug has been a long-time member of Temple Beth Or.

Current Employment Position(s):
Partner
Areas of Practice:
Catastrophic Personal Injury
Brain Injury and Quadriplegia
Wrongful Death
Tractor Trailer Wrecks
Products Liability
Defective Vehicles
Business Torts
Environmental Torts
Class Actions
Industrial/Construction Accidents
Railroad Litigation
Professional Negligence
Maritime Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
South Carolina, 1979
North Carolina, 1979
U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court, 1995
Education:
Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1979
J.D.
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Law Review: Member, Wake Forest Law Review, 1977 - 1978
Law Review: Research Editor, Wake Forest Law Review, 1978 - 1979


Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1976
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major:  Political


Published Works:
Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit (Contributing Author), ATLA Press, 3rd Edition, 1991


North Carolina's New Products Liability Act: A Critical Analysis (Co-Author), Wake Forest University Law Review, Vol. 16, 1980


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Faculty, Civil Trial Advocacy, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1988 - 1993


Honors and Awards:
Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc.


Who's Who o Emerging Leaders in America


Wake Forest Carswell Scholar, 1973


Wake Forest Full Tuition Scholarship, 1976 - 1979


Professional Associations and Memberships:
North Carolina Consumers Council, 1981 - 1986
Board of Directors


American Board of Trial Advocates
Associate


Wake County Bar Association
Member


North Carolina Bar Association
Member


North Carolina State Bar
Member


South Carolina Bar
Member


North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995 - 1996
President


North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
Benefactor


North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1993 - 1994
Vice-President, Education


North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1990 - 1993
Vice-President, Public Service and Information


North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1983 - 1986
Co-Chairman, Amicus Curiae Committee


North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1987 - Present
Board of Governors


The American Association for Justice
Sustaining Member


The American Association for Justice, 1990 - 1991
Co-Chair, Exchange Committee


The American Association for Justice, 1996 - 1997
Co-Chair


The American Association for Justice, Sections to Litigation Group Coordination Council, 1991 - 1994
Co-Chair


The American Association for Justice, 1992 - 1994
Member, Communications, Computers and Law Office Technology Committee


The American Association for Justice, 1989 - 1991
Subcommittee Chairperson, Products Liability Advisory Committee


2021 Fairview Road, Raleigh, NC 27608
Phone: 919-755-9166 Fax: 919-755-9396
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