Innovative Legal Solutions
For Businesses Across Texas
Doug is an experienced A/V-rated attorney. He has practiced for more than 20 years in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, receiverships, and commercial litigation. Doug is also a Credentialed Distinguished mediator (by the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association) and arbitrator, and he has been an active dispute resolution professional for 17 years. He is an EMDR-Trained Licensed Professional Counselor, with an emphasis on trauma and professionals dealing with stress.
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
- J.D. – 1998
- Honors: Order of Barristers
- Honors: 1998 A.J. Thomas Award
- Honors: Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
- The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
- B.A. – 1990
- Major: Political Science
- Saint Leo University
- B.A. – 2015
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society
- Major: Psychology
- Seton Hall University
- M.A., Ed.S. – 2020
- Honors: Psi Chi Honor Society
- Honors: Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society
- Major: Professional Counseling
Practice Areas
- Bankruptcy/ Commercial Restructuring
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Mediation
- Creditors’ Rights
- Subrogation Litigation
- Arbitration
Past Positions
- Franklin Skierski Lovall Hayward LLP, Founding Partner
- Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Partner
Professional Association
- Board of Directors, Law Firm Anti-Racism Alliance
- Board of Directors, Alliance for Professional Counselors
- Master (former), John C. Ford Bankruptcy Inn of Court, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Chapter
- Past Chairman, Board of Directors, DCHAS
- Past President, Board of Directors, Dispute Mediation Service
- Past President, Texas Association of Mediators
- Past President, Board of Directors, Property Owners Association of Lake Ridge
- Past President, Board of Directors, Dallas Legal Hospice/Legal Hospice of Texas
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Member, Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section and Alternate Dispute Resolution Section
bar admissions
- Texas
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of New York
honors
- AV Preeminent Rating
- TMCA Credentialed Distinguished Mediator
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi