Douglas Kerr Email & Phone Number

Irvine, California

dbKerr Law provides comprehensive representation to business and individual clients including insurance, labor and employment, agricultural law, and the Perishable Agricultural Commodites Act.A lawyer with over 35 years of experience in labor and employment law with an emphasis in agriculture. As Vice President and General Counsel for Western Growers Association, represented the interests of some of the biggest names in California and Arizona agriculture. Experience includes practice before the USDA, California, and federal courts throughout the United States. Admitted in California, federal courts in California and Arizona, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court, Representation of clients in all aspects of litigation, trial and appeal.

Costa Mesa, California, United States

Director, New Directions for Women (NDFW), a drug and alcohol treatment provider offering addiction services for women, pregnant women, and women with children. New Directions provides inpatient residential, intensive outpatient and intensive sober living addiction rehabilitation treatment for women suffering from drug abuse such as the following commonly abused drugs: methamphetamines, cocaine, heroin, prescription medications, substance abuse, alcoholism, chemical dependency, and other addictive disorders.

Costa Mesa, Ca

As an integral part of dbKerr Law, served as a CEO in establishing a start-up to provide debit cards to the evangelical community and the motivational industry. Created a company from initial financing to product development and sales. The card included a health benefit portion and discount provisions. Unfortunately, Congress created price controls on debit card fees that no longer made debit cards viable as a stand-alone service, and the company was dissolved.

-- Improved production and efficiency while successfully managing a geographically separated six attorney in-house law firm, Western Legal Associates.-- Provided labor and employment counsel to leading agribusiness companies.-- Remained the top revenue producer for the law department by sustaining 165 hours per month billing while retaining duties of Assistant G.C and Corporate Counsel.-- Edited and co-authored an employee labor guide that established WGA as a source of expert employment advice and helped increase member legal referrals.-- Used state-of-the-art legal research methods to maintain leading edge ERISA and employment law advice to major employers throughout California and Arizona.

Attorney with management law firm specializing in industrial and agricultural labor relations.-- Successfully prepared federal and state lower and appellate court pleadings and briefs relatingto all aspects of labor law; including unfair labor practices, union elections, backpay, andrelated decisions of courts, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and Agricultural LaborRelations Board (ALRB).-- Coordinated all phases of unfair labor practice charges filed by, and against client employers,including client counseling, picket line interviewing, and strike preparations. Successfullydefended and prosecuted more than 30 charges before the NLRB and ALRB.-- Within first nine months of practice, successfully handled both state and federal court trials.-- Achieved an astounding litigation success rate in settlement of lawsuits prior to trial.

J.D., Labor Law

Activities and Societies: Honors, Moot Court

B.A., Social Ecology