Biography:
Partner Douglas J. McCarron is an accomplished trial lawyer with significant experience handling a wide variety of cases including negligent security, pool drowning, dram shop, and construction and auto accidents. Admitted to Florida Bar in 1996. Doug served as an Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade County for four years. While there, Doug was a member of the Career Criminal Unit where he distinguished himself in over 50 trials prosecuting violent crime. Upon leaving the State Attorney’s Office in 2000, Doug began to focus on representing victims of serious and catastrophic injury. Doug joined The Haggard Law Firm in 2006 and became a partner in 2007. Since joining the firm, he has recovered over $100 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients. In Garcia v. Arbors Apartments, Doug successfully obtained an $8 million jury verdict on behalf of the Garcia family. This negligent security/wrongful death case found the owners and managers of The Arbors apartment complex guilty of failing to provide adequate security on their property. Doug has been able to recover similar results in cases throughout Florida. Doug served as President of the Miami-Dade Trial Lawyers Association in 2013 and was recently appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to serve on the Civil Standard Jury Instructions Committee. Doug is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Florida Justice Association. President of the Miami-Dade Trial Lawyers Association in 2013, Florida Justice Association Board of Directors – 2006 – 2008 Douglas enjoys spending time with his wife Becky and their three boys, Jack, Finn and William Andrew (Drew).
