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Douglas M. Poland - Madison, WI
222 West Washington Ave.Suite 900 Madison, WI 53703 - 2744
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
Updated: 04/01/2021
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About Douglas M. Poland
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Appeals
- Election and Political Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
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)
Education
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1994
Juris Doctor
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Honor Society
Law Journal: Loyola Law Journal, Lead Articles Editor - University of Pennsylvania, 1989
Graduate Study
Major: Modern European History - Northwestern University, 1988
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: With Honors
Major: History
Fraternities and Sororities
- Alpha Sigma Nu
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
Pro Bono Activities
- John Knox Presbytery, Personnel Committee, 2016 - Present
- John Knox Presbytery, Presbytery Council, Chair, 2015 - 2016
- John Knox Presbytery, Presbytery Council Member, 2011 - 2016
- John Knox Presbytery, Presbytery Council Technology Committee, Chair, 2011 - 2016
- Covenant Presbyterian Church, Ruling Elder, 2008 - Present
- Covenant Presbyterian Church, Chair, Technology Committee, 2013 - 2016
- Covenant Presbyterian Church, Session, Ruling Elder Member, 2008 - 2011
- Vilas Neighborhood Association, Member, Edgewood Neighborhood Liaison Committee, 2014 - 2018
- Monroe Street Fine Arts Center, Capital Campaign Committee, 2019 - 2020
- Monroe Street Fine Arts Center, Board President, 2012 - 2015
- Monroe Street Fine Arts Center, Board Member, 2007 - 2015
- City of Madison South Capitol District Planning Committee, Citizen Member, 2013 - 2014
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)
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Douglas M. Poland
Included on the 2024 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2023 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list
Office Information
Address
222 West Washington Ave.Suite 900 Madison, WI 53703 - 2744
Phone
Fax
- 608-259-2600
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Publication
Articles
- People v. DiGuida: Freedom of Expression on Private Property Under the Illinois Constitution, 24 Loyola Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 524, 1993
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