Background
Stevenson, Douglas F. was born on December 23, 1921 in Pulaski, Tennessee, United States. Son of Floyd and Irene (Sisk) Stevenson.
Stevenson, Douglas F. was born on December 23, 1921 in Pulaski, Tennessee, United States. Son of Floyd and Irene (Sisk) Stevenson.
DePauw University (Bachelor of Arts, 1944). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1949).
K-Mart v. Morrison, 609 North.E.2d 17.Worked at Stevenson, Rusin and Friedman, Limited. (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Workers Compensation Law. Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Auto and Trucking Liability, Structural Work Acting, Commercial Litigation, Subrogation, Contract Insurance, Employment Discrimination.
Wrongful Discharge.
Admitted to the bar, 1949, Illinois.
1966, Indiana.
Author: "Illinois Workmen"s Compensation: A Description and Critique," De Paul Law Review, 1978. Lecturer, National Workers Compensation Symposium, University of Maine, 1979.
Chairman, 1957-1975 and Counsel, 1957, Workers Compensation Committee, Illinois Manufacturers Association. Chairman, Illinois Joint Employers Legislation Committee, 1957-1977.
President, Better Government Association of Chicago, 1966-1968.
Legal Adviser to Indiana Commissioner of Labor on Indiana, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Plan, 1970, 1972. Director, UBA Workers Compensation Foundation. Member: Blue Ribbon Committee of Workers Compensation of American Bar Association.
Blue Ribbon Committee of National Conference of State Legislatures.
United States. Rehabilitation Study, Committee on Reform of FELA of National Research Council, 1997. Fraud Advisory Commission of NCCI. Executive Director, National Council of Self-Insurers, 1984.
Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Federation of Insurance Counsel.
International Association of Defense Counsel.
Illinois Defense Counsel. Defense Research Institute. Stevenson, Rusin & Friedman, Limited. was founded in 1984 by Douglas Stevenson, Michael Rusin and Stephen Friedman with the goal of establishing a specialty firm focusing on representing employers in all the varied legal aspects of a workplace injury, including Worker"s Compensation, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, personal injury, contribution liability, wrongful discharge and employment discrimination.
Member: Blue Ribbon Committee of Workers Compensation of American Bar Association. Blue Ribbon Committee of National Conference of State Legislatures. United States. Rehabilitation Study, Committee on Reform of FELA of National Research Council, 1997.
Fraud Advisory Commission of NCCI. Executive Director, National Council of Self-Insurers, 1984.
Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Federation of Insurance Counsel.
International Association of Defense Counsel. Illinois Defense Counsel.
Defense Research Institute.
Married Nancy Parton, June 13, 1951 (divorced December 1965). Married Patricia E. Stevenson, December 24, 1965. Children: Lisa, Linda.