• J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (1976)
• M.A., Cal State Northridge (1973)
• B.A., University of California at Los Angeles (1967)
• Pepperdine Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution (2011)
• Third District Court of Appeal, Dana Curtis Mediation Training
• U.S. District Court Mediator orientation training (2011)

• Selected Mediator/Arbitrator, Mansville Personal Injury Settlement Trust (federal)
• Experienced Kaiser Permanente Mandatory Arbitration Panelist
• Member, American Board of Trial Advocates
• Former Member, American Arbitration Association
• Former Member, Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Fast Track Case Management
• Former Member, California State Bar Commission on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education

Doug deVries is available as a full-time mediator, arbitrator and referee following 35 years experience litigating complex cases at both the trial and appellate court levels in State and Federal courts. Mr. deVries’ areas of expertise include insurance coverage and bad faith, major personal injury, products liability, medical malpractice, employment, commercial and other complex cases. He has 25 years experience as a mediator, arbitrator and settlement conference Judge Pro Tem. His strengths include the ability to listen and communicate in a highly effective manner (including circumstances involving strong personalities and emotionally charged issues), and to fully understand and thoroughly analyze complex legal and factual issues. Mr. deVries’ skills are highly respected by both sides of the bar, as evidenced by the glowing recommendations he receives from plaintiff attorneys and defense attorneys alike. One attorney commented “he makes both sides feel like winners – prodigious people skills, superb powers of persuasion, uncommon common sense and keen insight into the thinking of plaintiffs and defendants alike.” Another attorney said, “He’s a direct, fair and honest guy, and a quick study and deep thinker – he gets it.”