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Douglas F. Aholt

Partner
doug@carllp.com
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Phone: 404.253.7870
Fax: 404.253.7875

One Midtown Plaza
1360 Peachtree Street, Suite 910
Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Doug Aholt started with the Legal Aid of Western Missouri (Kansas City) where he was a Reginald Heber Smith Award recipient. Since 1980, he has lived in Atlanta where he has been a partner with the firms of Allman & Lanner, P.C., Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, LLP and Chambers, Aholt & Rickard, LLP.

Doug has extensive litigation experience in a wide range of complex and catastrophic personal injury cases, including defective products, inadequate premises security, trucking accidents and nursing home neglect. Additionally, as a former insurance defense attorney, Doug now handles insurance disputes on the part of policyholders who believe an insurance claim has been improperly handled by the insurance company.

Education

Juris Doctor, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1979

Business Administration, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1976

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Missouri, 1979
Georgia State and Superior Courts, 1981
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1981
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1981
United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
United States District Court for Western District of Missouri

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

State Bar of Georgia
Member Since: 1981

State Bar of Missouri
Member Since: 1979

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Congressional District No. 4, Vice President

American Association for Justice

ATLA National College of Advocacy

DeKalb County Bar Association
Board Member
President of Trial Lawyers Section

Decatur Arts Alliance

Publications

"Litigating Nursing Home Cases in Georgia,"
Georgia Bar Journal, Laura Speed-Dalton and Doug Aholt, October 2002.

Non-Legal Activities

Doug Aholt is an active resident of the Decatur, Georgia community, where he has served as the Performing Arts Chairman for the Decatur Arts Festival for several years. He also is Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Decatur Arts Alliance.  Doug is an active fundraiser for the Decatur High School Athletic Booster Club and enjoys serving as a sports announcer for the school's lacrosse team.