Douglas R. Beam
Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating
Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents; Professional Malpractice; Insurance Law; Criminal Defense; Felonies; Misdemeanors; Driving While Intoxicated; Civil Rights; Civil Appeals; Legal Malpractice Defense.
Admitted: Florida (1985); U.S. Supreme Court (1995); U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh
Circuit (1986); U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida (1987)
Law School: University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1985
College: Western Carolina University, B.A., 1979
Member: The Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents (President, 1997-1998)
Brevard County Bar Association (President, 1994-1995; Recipient: First Annual Professionalism Award, 1999)
The Florida Bar (Chair, Eighteenth Judicial Grievance Committee C)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Life Member)
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (First Class of Life Members)
American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America) (Sustaining Member)
Florida Justice Association (formerly Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers)
American Bar Association
Civil Justice Foundation
Biography: Assistant Editor and Staff Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1984-1985. Editor and Associate Editor, The Forum, 1983-1984. Recipient, Dean’s Citation for Extraordinary Contributions to the University of Tennessee College of Law, 1984. Certified Mediator, Florida Supreme Court. Assistant State Attorney (Prosecutor), Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, 1985-1988. Member and Staff, Parrish Relations Committee, First United Methodist Church.
