Doak, Jerome R.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jerre Doak has defended America's leading companies in 130 proposed class actions in 40 states. Those cases have involved internet sales practices, computer software, medical monitoring, privacy statutes, consumer fraud statutes, personal injury, product liability, equitable claims, and a variety of statutes, including the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA), ERISA, and RICO.

Increasingly, these cases pose a threat of catastrophic liability, with plaintiffs' counsel seeking hundreds of millions (and sometimes billions) of dollars on behalf of a proposed class. In this environment, it is important to have lawyers who know how to win the case, not merely settle it. Jerre has a proven track record of defeating class certification or prevailing on the merits. Since 2000, Jerre has been lead counsel in more than 60 proposed class actions and only four were settled. All of the other cases were denied class certification or otherwise defeated in the litigation process.

Recently, Jerre represented Computer Sciences Corporation in a class action involving computer software and the insurance market, the Washington Division of URS Corp. in a class action involving the flooding of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and Experian in several class actions involving privacy, internet marketing, and credit reporting. Jerre also has represented ConsumerInfo.com, E-Systems, General Motors, J.C. Penney, Maybelline, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., TRW, and USAA. Jerre's pro bono activities include representing the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity and serving on the board of councilors for the University of Dallas.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Class Action Litigation
• Consumer Fraud & Warranty Litigation
• Privacy & Data Security
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Class Action and Multidistrict Product Liability Litigation
• Consumer Goods Product Liability Litigation
• Coordination of Product Liability Litigation
• Toxic Tort Exposure Litigation (Chemical, Environmental, and Occupational)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation

Representative Cases

• Brush Wellman defends class certification in nationwide beryllium product liability class action
• ConsumerInfo.com defeats class certification in a proposed Illinois class action involving Internet website marketing
• ConsumerInfo.com defeats class certification in a proposed nationwide class action
• ConsumerInfo.com obtains summary judgment in Illinois consumer class action
• ConsumerInfo.com successfully settles nationwide class action in Northern District of California
• Experian defeats certification of proposed nationwide class action seeking damages under FCRA
• Experian defeats proposed nationwide class action brought under FCRA in federal court in Texas
• Experian defends nationwide class action involving credit reporting , (2009)
• Experian resolves proposed Florida class action alleging violations of Driver's Privacy Protection Act
• Experian settles nationwide class action under Fair Credit Reporting Act in South Carolina
• Experian successful in case construing Minnesota price-cap statute for consumer credit reports
• R. J. Reynolds successfully defends medical monitoring case in Nevada
• R.J. Reynolds defeats certification of Minnesota class action seeking smoking-cessation and medical-monitoring programs
• R.J. Reynolds defeats class certification in proposed Arkansas class action
• R.J. Reynolds defeats class certification in proposed South Carolina class action
• R.J. Reynolds defeats class certification of twenty-five proposed Nevada class actions for cigarette smokers
• R.J. Reynolds defeats Kentucky class certification for cigarette smokers
• R.J. Reynolds defeats proposed Oklahoma class action brought on statutory fraud theory
• R.J. Reynolds obtains dismissal of proposed class action of Tennessee consumers
• R.J. Reynolds obtains dismissal of proposed Utah class action for cigarette smokers
• R.J. Reynolds obtains dismissal of two proposed Tennessee tobacco class actions and affirmation on appeal
• R.J. Reynolds obtains Oregon Supreme Court affirmance of proposed class action seeking medical monitoring for smokers
• R.J. Reynolds obtains voluntary dismissal of Massachusetts class action for cigarette smokers
• R.J. Reynolds obtains voluntary dismissal of nationwide class action for cigarette smokers with Buergers disease
• R.J. Reynolds obtains voluntary dismissal of proposed class action in Eastern District of Texas
• R.J. Reynolds successfully defends proposed Iowa tobacco product liability class action
• Washington Group International dismissed from Hurricane Katrina levee breach class action , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Medical Products & Devices, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pesticides, Pharmaceutical Products, Pharmaceutical Products, Products Liability Law, Radiation & Electromagnetic Energy, Recreational Products, Solid Waste, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Tobacco, Tobacco, Toxic Torts, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties, Water Pollution

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• U of Kansas
• U of Notre Dame

Address

2727 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201-1515

Phones

1.214.969.2977 (Business Phone)

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