Stephanie A. Douglas

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Education

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 2006

University of Michigan, B.S.E., magna cum laude, 1993

Harvard Professional Development Programs, Harvard Division of Continuing Education, Participant, Strategic Leadership September 28- 29, 2016

Judicial Clerkships

Judge Raymond M. Kethledge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2010-2011

Judge John Feikens, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2009-2010

Court Admissions

United States Supreme Court

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Michigan State Courts

Stephanie A. Douglas leads BSP Law’s appellate, class action, and complex briefing teams.  She focuses on translating complex legal and technical arguments into simple, understandable, and persuasive language.

Stephanie specializes in strategic decisions and issue preservation.  She advises clients and other counsel on trial-level issues and appeals in state and federal courts around the country.

Stephanie enjoys analyzing complex issues on nearly any topic, including constitutional law, contracts, product liability and other torts, tax, statutory interpretation, and employment law. Her clients include auto makers, private software companies, and insurers.

Critical Motions and Appeals

  • Providing strategic consulting on trial and appellate matters for auto manufacturer, including development of cross-case strategies, preservation of issues, edits to draft briefs, and participation in mock arguments.
  • Providing strategic briefing for patent infringement disputes involving auto manufacturer in federal district court and Federal Circuit.
  • Served as co-counsel on appeal for hospital in insurance coverage dispute, successfully preserving $9 million judgment.
  • Before Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, obtained affirmance of summary judgment of hybrid § 301 claims under the Labor Management Relations Act and workers’ compensation retaliation claim under Kentucky law.
  • In parolee’s civil rights action against addiction-treatment company, obtained dismissal from trial court and affirmance from Sixth Circuit.
  • Appellate counsel in a catastrophic product liability matter before Pennsylvania Superior Court, preserving summary judgment on behalf of automobile manufacturer.
  • Obtained favorable rulings on personal jurisdiction and choice of law in catastrophic product liability action in Michigan federal court, leading to summary judgment on claim for punitive damages.
  • As appellate counsel in multiple-fatality product liability case tried in Kentucky federal court, obtained key evidentiary rulings at trial-level that helped to earn and preserve a complete defense verdict.
  • As appellate counsel in high-exposure product liability case in Georgia federal court, obtained key in-limine rulings that enabled pre-trial resolution.
  • Representing automobile company in contract dispute with potential dealer, obtained multiple summary judgment rulings on claims and counter-claims, and helped preserve them on appeal.
  • As counsel for a manufacturer in international employment dispute seeking more than $30 million in damages; obtained summary judgment and costs award, and preserved judgment on appeal.
  • In local property tax matter before Michigan appellate courts, preserved tax exemption that saves approximately $750,000 per year.
  • In state tax appeal before Michigan appellate courts, preserved interpretation of tax refund statute worth approximately $8.5 million.
  • Won interlocutory published decision from the Michigan Court of Appeals reversing and remanding for judgment in favor of multinational automaker company.
  • Represented Michigan Senate and House of Representatives in litigation about the governor’s emergency powers.

Class and Mass Tort Litigation

  • Representing a private software company in putative class action alleging product liability, negligence, and constitutional claims on behalf of 40,000 individuals, and seeking consequential and punitive damages.
  • Representing national homebuilder as class counsel in multiple states, each involving allegations of construction defects and consumer fraud.
  • Representing auto manufacturer in federal multi-district litigation alleging consumer fraud and warranty violations for mileage-per-gallon disclosures.
  • Serving as critical motions and appellate counsel for defendant in mass environmental tort case.
  • Serving as class- and appellate-counsel for multiple automakers in nationwide no-injury product-defect class actions.
  • In Michigan federal court, secured pleading-stage dismissal of nationwide economic-loss class action.
  • In California federal court, obtained pre-discovery voluntary dismissal of putative class action based upon dispositive motion filing.
  • Obtained dismissal of TCPA class action filed against national beverage company before responsive pleading or discovery.
  • In Arizona federal court, successfully defended national homebuilder in putative class action, obtaining with-prejudice dismissal before certification and $675,000 prevailing-party fees.
  • As class counsel in putative construction-defect class action involving tens of thousands of homes and seeking $2 billion, obtained with-prejudice dismissal of punitive damages claims, excluded testimony of plaintiffs’ liability and damages experts, and defeated class certification.
  • Won dismissal of putative class action alleging procedural due process against international software company.
  • Secured victories in two substantive arbitrability disputes stemming from an oil consumption class action.
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