Background
Abrams, Douglas Breen was born on March 18, 1954 in Greenville, South Carolina. Son of Sol E. and Davitia F. (Fleishman) Abrams.
Abrams, Douglas Breen was born on March 18, 1954 in Greenville, South Carolina. Son of Sol E. and Davitia F. (Fleishman) Abrams.
Wake Forest University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1976. Juris Doctor, 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1977-1978 and Research Editor, 1978-1979, Wake Forest Law Review.
Worked at Twiggs, Abrams, Strickland & Trehy, P.A. (Raleigh, North Carolina) specializing in Personal Injury, Products Liability, Commercial Torts, Medical Legal, Aviation Law and FELA. Admitted to the bar, 1979, North Carolina and South Carolina. United States. Supreme Court.
United States. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina.
United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. 1995, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1977-1978 and Research Editor, 1978-1979, Wake Forest Law Review.
Contributing Author: "Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit," 3rd Edition, American Trial Lawyers Association Press, 1991. Company-Author: Blanchard & Abrams, "North Carolina"s New Products Liability Acting: A Critical Analysis," Wake Forest University Law Review, Volume 16, 1980.
Member, Board of Directors, North Carolina Consumers Council, 1981-1986. Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates.
Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations.
North Carolina State Bar. South Carolina Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1995-1996. Benefactor; Vice-President, Education, 1993-1994.
Vice-President, Public Service and Information, 1990-1993.
Company-Chairman, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1983-1986. Board of Governors, 1987.
Faculty, Civil Trial Advocacy, 1988-1993). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member.
Company-Chair: Exchange Committee, 1990-1991.
Sections to Litigation Group Coordination Council, 1991-1994. Communications, Computers and Law Office Technology Committee, 1992-1994. Subcommittee Chairperson, Computers in Products Liability, Products Liability Advisory Committee, 1989-1991).
The firm was founded in 1950 and developed an early emphasis in plaintiffs" personal injury cases.
Foreign many years, at the referral of other members of the profession, the firm has represented plaintiffs exclusively in complex personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, commercial torts, aviation and in insurance fraud and bad faith actions. The firm feels a special commitment to the activities of the organized trial bar, several of its members having served in high leadership positions at the national, state and local levels.
Member American Bar Association, ATLA (cochair exchange committee 1996-1997), North Carolina Bar Association (productsliability committee), North Carolina Academy Trial Lawyers (lecturer, education committee since 1982, public service committee since 1983, victims rights committee since 1985, vice president public education 1992-1994, vice president education 1993-1994, president-elect 1994-1995, president 1995-1996), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Margaret M. Smith, May 15, l976. Children: Noah Breen, Elliott Sol, Zachery William and SamuelBreen.