Douglas E. Fierberg
Victims and Survivors Deserve an Expert Trial Attorney.
Over three decades ago, Douglas E. Fierberg expanded his commercial trial practice in Washington D.C. to establish the only national legal practice focused on representing school violence victims and survivors nationwide. The work began on behalf of a high school student who survived brutal sexual assaults in Washington, D.C. by two assailants, and a college student hospitalized after being hazed at Omega Psi Phi Fraternity at the University of Maryland. From there, the practice went to Texas on behalf of 4 college students killed outside a fraternity house whose chapter president ignored a direct warning from the police the night before to make their operations safer before someone was killed.
Today, the firm and its attorneys constitute the premier national trial practice dedicated to serving victims, families, and survivors. Achievements include:
Settlements and trial verdicts against fraternities, colleges, schools, students, perpetrators/rapists, liars, and other wrongdoers in excess of $375 Million;
Success representing students and others killed or wounded in mass shootings and women sexually assaulted by powerful persons in the entertainment industry and professional, amateur, college, and high school athletics;
Victories in Title IX and related proceedings causing rapists to be expelled, universities and schools to be held financially liable to survivors, and resulting in specialized accommodations for survivors necessary to protect their educational rights; and
Establishment of legal precedent in state and federal courts across the country to hold colleges, schools, fraternities, and other wrongdoers responsible for campus violence.
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Police Misconduct
- Education Law
- Title IX
- School Violence
- Sexual Abuse, Assault and Harassment
- Hazing
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Maryland
- Supreme Court of Maryland
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- Michigan
- State Bar of Michigan
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- 4th Circuit
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- 10th Circuit
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- D.C. Circuit
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- English
- Partner
- Sherman, Meehan, Curtain, AIN, P.C.
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- B.A. | Psychology
- Honors: Class Honors
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- The George Washington University Law School
- J.D. | Law
- Honors: With Honors
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- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
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- Super Lawyers
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- Super Lawyers
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- Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- American Association of Justice
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- National Crime Victim Bar Association
- Current
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- DC Trial Lawyers Association
- Current
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- Michigan Association for Justice
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- National Trial Lawyers Association
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- Childhelp.org
- Advisory Board Member
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- Reproductive Justice Lawyers Network
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- Women's Resource Center
- Board Chair
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- Michigan Bar Association
- Member
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- District of Columbia Bar
- Member
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- DC Bar Association
- Member
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