Background
Dowling, Donald C. was born on October 16, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Donald C. Dowling
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Brown University (Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction, 1958). University of Oxford. University of Oviedo, Spain.
University of Chicago Law School (Juris Doctor, 1961).
Career
Worked at Spinner, Dittman, Federspiel & Dowling (Delray Beach, Florida) specializing in General Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Family, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Commercial, General Practice, Mediation, Arbitration. Admitted to the bar, 1961, Illinois. 1969, New York; 1979, Florida.
United States.
District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar. United States. Supreme Court. National Defender Fellow, 1964-1965.
Phi Delta Phi.
Gulbenkian Fellow, 1965. Author: "Escobedo and Beyond: the Need for a Fourteenth Amendment Code of Criminal Procedure," 56 J. Crim. Law, Criminology and Police Science 143, 1965.
"Defense of the Poor in American State Courts," Chicago Bar Record, 1966.
"Defense Use of Grand Jury Testimony for Impeachment in Illinois, 52 Illinois Bar Journal 552, 1964. "Extending the State"s Right to Appeal in Criminal Cases," Chicago Bar Record, 1961.
Chief Capital Trial Lawyer, Office of the Public Defender, Palm Beach County, Florida, 1980-1981. Certified Florida Circuit and Family Law Mediator and Arbitrator.
Certified Criminal Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1981-1986.
Member: Palm Beach Bar Association. The Florida Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Palm Beach Bar Association. The Florida Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
