C. Douglas Dooley

Bio

C. Douglas Dooley is an Equity Member of the firm and litigation attorney with 30+ years of experience handling construction, transportation and trucking litigation, personal injury law, insurance coverage disputes, workers’ compensation, premises liability, food borne illness cases, dram shop liability, complex litigation and “bet the company” litigation. Doug is regularly invited to lecture on workers’ compensation, premises liability and tort liability to risk managers, human resource administrators and insurance claims professionals across the country.

Doug has served on the DRI Board of Directors as the Southern Regional Director. He is a Past President of the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association (TDLA) and was on the TDLA Board of Directors for over 10 years in addition to serving as Secretary/Treasurer and President-Elect. He is a Fellow of the Chattanooga Bar Foundation and Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation, an active member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC). He serves on the ALFA International Workers’ Compensation Steering Committee. Doug has been an active DRI member. He has participated on Annual Meeting Marketing Committees and has served a three year term as the DRI State Representative for Tennessee. He is also an active member of the Tennessee State Bar and Chattanooga Bar Association.

Doug is married to Julia Dooley and is the proud father of two daughters. In his community, Doug has served multiple terms as Senior Warden for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, as a Stewardship Chair and served on the vestry. He is a Past President and coach of Signal Mountain Soccer League and former board member of Habitat for Humanity. He also served on the Advisory Council to the Board of Directors for Girls Preparatory School.

Representative Client Work

• Represent employers, insurance carriers and third party administrators in workers' compensation cases.
• Represent businesses in Dram Shop liability cases.
• Represent restaurants in food borne illness cases.
• Represent insurance companies for coverage disputes and declaratory judgment actions.
• Represent trucking companies in personal injury and wrongful death actions.
• Represent businesses for premises liability actions and have obtained successful defense verdicts.
• Represent corporations in defense of product liability cases.
• Represent defendants in automobile liability cases.
• Represent insurance carriers in Uninsured Motorist cases.
• Represent business industry in employment matters.