Douglas M. Schmidt Sr.

“This was instigated by a defense law firm 2005 RR Wreck . This was not as a result of a complaint from a CLIENT! I have never been disciplined because of a CLIENT'S COMPLAINT. I filed lawsuits for these clients, because they had settled their cases without the benefit of a lawyer. The railroad took advantage of these clients, in my professional opinion. The client's did not give back their money before filing suit to get these very low settlements overturned. I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT INJUSTICE!”

“South Carolina is where the complaint started, see comment above on Louisiana. In most states, if not all, the client is not required to return settlement money before trying to overturn an unjust settlement amount. Most of these people had spent the settlement money and could not return it. There was also some case law, where the client did not have to return the money before filing suit. This all resulted from a terrible train derailment in 2005 in which many lives were lost due to chlorine.”

“This discipline was not brought by a CLIENT! This was a complaint from an attorney not associated with the case. He was asked by a defense firm to look into the matter and file a complaint. This stemmed from advertising in the newspaper. The main substance of the complaint was that I did not include my law office location in the advertisement. This was from the 2005 Graniteville Train Derailment in South Carolina. This wreck resulted in the loss of many lives due to chlorine exposure.”

“This discipline was not brought by a CLIENT! This was a complaint from an attorney not associated with the case. He was asked by a defense firm to look into the matter and file a complaint. This stemmed from advertising in the newspaper. The main substance of the complaint was that I did not include my law office location in the advertisement. This was from the 2005 Graniteville Train Derailment in South Carolina. This wreck resulted in the loss of many lives due to chlorine exposure.”