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Douglas G. Wah
Managing Partner
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Oakland / Los Angeles
Email
510-590-9500
Bar Admissions
California
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Doug is the Managing Partner of the Oakland office of Foley & Mansfield. He practices in the Toxic Tort and Mass Tort Litigation practice group.
Before joining Foley & Mansfield, Doug was partner in a law firm and was the attorney responsible for the development and management of the firm's asbestos litigation and toxic tort unit. He also served as trial counsel for several of the firm's major clients and for various carriers in major cases.
He has also served as trial counsel for such clients as Owens Corning Fiberglass and Raybestos-Manhatten in major local and national cases. He has been admitted to try cases in over 10 different states. Early in his career Doug was a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Oakland where he received extensive trial experience in civil litigation and personal injury matters including police brutality, toxic torts and construction law.
Doug received his Juris Doctorate from University of California, Hastings College of Law in San Francisco in 1974. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. degree in Political Science.
He is a member of the San Francisco and Alameda County Bar Associations and a lecturer and author on asbestos litigation and related topics.
Publications
Mass Tort Litigation: Are You the Next Target?
- Author
(August 1987 and February 1988)
Industrial Safety & Hygience News
The Cost of Pain
- Author
(April 1988)
Safety & Health Magazine
Presentations
Califronia Asbestos Litigation 2006
- 2006
The Hartford Insurance Company
Asbestos: Day in the Life
- 2006
RiverStone Resources
Asbestos Defense Strategies
- 2006
American Conference
Silica Seminar
- 2004
Chubb Insurance
You Can't Try Every Case, But . . .
- 2002
Chubb & Son
Panel - Liberty Mutual Asbestos Panel Discussion
- 2002
Liberty Mutual
Panel - Riverstone Asbestos Panel Seinar for Carriers
- 2001
RiverStone Resources
Asbestos Injuries
- 2001
RiverStone Resources
The State of the Art Defense & Contractors
- 1998
Fireman's Fund Insurance
The Chrysotile Defense
- 1988
Commercial Union
The Northern California Asbestos Litigation
- 1986
Lloyd's of London
The State of the Art Defense & Punitive Damages
- 1985
Zurich North America
News
Foley & Mansfield Attorneys included in 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars®
Steve Foley and Doug Wah included on 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers® and Arturo Sandoval included on 2009 Rising Stars® Edition …
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Foley & Mansfield Attorneys Recognized by Northern California Super Lawyers®
Steve Foley and Doug Wah included in Northern California Super Lawyers magazine for 2008 ...
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Legal Service Focus
Personal Injury Defense
Product Liability
Toxic Tort and Mass Tort Litigation
Memberships
Alameda County Bar Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
San Francisco Bar Association
Education
University of California, Hastings College of Law
, 1974
, JD
University of California, Berkeley
, 1970
, BA
, Political Science
Awards
Northern California Super Lawyers® list by Law & Politics Magazine
- 2009
Northern California Super Lawyers® list by Law & Politics Magazine
- 2008
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