Douglas M. Poland
Work in Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Litigation, Appellate, Constitutional Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution
222 West Washington Ave., Suite 900, Madison, WI 53703
About Douglas M. Poland
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Appellate
- Constitutional Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Education
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1994Juris Doctor
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Honor Society
- Law Journal: Loyola Law Journal, Lead Articles Editor
- University of Pennsylvania, 1989Graduate Study
- Major: Modern European History
- Northwestern University, 1988Bachelor of Arts
- Major: History
- Honors: With Honors
Classes and Seminars
- Douglas Poland & Jeffrey Mandell, Federal appeals court checks the legislature’s expanding power, Wisconsin Examiner, November 19, 2019
- Douglas Poland & Jeffrey Mandell, Partial Veto is a deliberate check on legislative power, Wisconsin Examiner, Aug. 29, 2019
- Democracy in the Balance: The Future of Gerrymandering and What It Means for Your Practice, IADC Midyear Meeting (2019)
- Whitford v. Gill and Ending Partisan Gerrymandering, Milwaukee Rotary Club (2016)
- South-Central Wisconsin Electronic Discovery Summit (2013)
- Yucca Mountain Update/American College of Radiology’s Appropriateness Criteria, North Central Chapter Health Physics Society Spring Meeting (2010)
- DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar (Program Chair) (2010)
- Yucca Mountain Update, North Central Chapter Health Physics Society Spring Meeting (2009)
- Radiation Litigation: An Overview and Recent Developments, Health Physics Society 53rd Annual Meeting (2008)
- What They Didn’t Teach You In Law School, Meeting of the James E. Doyle Inn of Court (2008)
- The Chemical Products Liability Trial: Winning At Every Stage (2007)
- Managing Product Liability Risk in the U.S. Marketplace Council of Great Lakes Governors’ Forum on Chinese Trade & Investment in the Great Lakes Region (2007)
- Evidence of Juror Misconduct and Its Effect on Jury Deliberations and Verdicts, Meeting of the James E. Doyle and Thomas E. Fairchild Inns of Court (2007)
- Recent Developments in Radiation Litigation, Health Physics Society 51st Annual Meeting (2006)
- Recent Developments in Radiation Litigation, Health Physics Society 50th Annual Meeting (2005)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1994
- Wisconsin, 2005
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
Other Affiliations
- Downtown Madison, Inc., 2019 - Present (Board Chair)
- Downtown Madison, Inc., 2017 - 2018 (Board Vice-Chair)
- Downtown Madison, Inc., 2011 - Present (Board Member)
- Downtown Madison, Inc., 2015 - 2017 (Chair, Ad Hoc Inclusiveness Committee)
- Downtown Madison, Inc., 2012 - 2016 (Chair, Transportation and Parking Committee)
- Downtown Madison, Inc., 2011 - 2012 (Chair, Bicycle Subcommittee)
- Madison’s Central Business Improvement District, 2019 - Present (Board Member)
- James E. Doyle Inn of Court, Member, Programming Committee, 2015 - Present
- DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee, Annual Seminar Program, 2010 - 2011 (Chair)
Past Positions
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago Office, Partner
- Hon. Ilana Diamond Rovner - U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Extern, 1992 - 1993
Fraternities and Sororities
- Alpha Sigma Nu
Articles
Published Works
- People v. DiGuida: Freedom of Expression on Private Property Under the Illinois Constitution, 24 Loyola Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 524, 1993
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Family Law
- Environment, Government, Appellate
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