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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) 755-4396
Web site: http://www.abramslawfirm-blog.com
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PositionAreas of PracticeEducation
HonorsPublished WorksAffiliations


Doug Abrams has been a practicing trial lawyer for more than 20 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, products liability or defective products cases, plant explosions and fire cases, business tort litigation, professional negligence, environmental torts, class actions, and other tort cases.

Doug has given numerous lectures and has written extensively on the subject of personal injury and tort law. Doug also has served as the President of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and has been active in the NCATL. Doug has also been active in the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Doug has been selected for inclusion in a leading publication entitled The Best Lawyers in America .

In addition to severe personal injury cases involving trucks and tractor trailers and other heavy equipment vehicles, and business tort cases, presently, Doug is serving as counsel in lawsuits against Smithfield Foods and others for environmental torts. As is stated in the pending litigation, these claims for relief are based on the significant pollution these Defendants have generated in the Neuse River, Cape Fear and New River systems. Doug is also counsel in a lawsuit seeing class action certification against Chrysler based on claims for relief that Chrysler engaged in a pattern of lemon laundering or reselling lemons without proper disclosures to consumers.

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. Margaret's father is a retired lawyer and her brother is also a trial lawyer in New Jersey.

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 Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Sustaining Member


The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1990 - 1991
Co-Chair, Exchange Committee


The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1996 - 1997
Co-Chair


The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Sections to Litigation Group Coordination Council, 1991 - 1994
Co-Chair


The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1992 - 1994
Member, Communications, Computers and Law Office Technology Committee


The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1989 - 1991
Subcommittee Chairperson, Products Liability Advisory Committee


Abrams & Abrams, P.A., handles catastrophic personal injury cases for people throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, including the cites of Greensboro, Durham, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Jacksonville, Morganton, and Raleigh in North Carolina (NC); Richmond, and Virginia Beach in Virginia (VA); and Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Rock Hill in South Carolina (SC).