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Admitted: 1976, Montana and U.S. District Court, District of Montana; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit Law School: University of Montana, J.D. Member: First Judicial District Bar Association; State Bar of Montana; Montana Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Biography: Instructor, Business Law, Carroll College, Helena, Montana, 1984-1987, 1991. Born: St. Louis, Missouri, April 30, 1951
Mr. Doubek was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Helena, Montana as a young teenager. He attended Carroll College and received his law degree from the University of Montana.
Out of law school, Mr. Doubek handled some 80 trials and contested cases on behalf of the Montana Consumer Counsel, which represents the interests of the people of Montana against public utilities and railroads. These trials were held before the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commision (FERC), Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), and Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC).
In 1978, Mr. Doubek joined the law firm of Small & Hatch and has remained in prviate practice since then. The law firm of Small & Hatch eventually became "Small Hatch Doubek, Pyfer & Fox" and finally "Doubek, Pyfer & Fox." Since 1981, the firm has exclusively represented plaintiffs. Mr. Doubek primarily represents people who have suffered severe injuries as a result of car crashes, defective products, medical negligence, work injuries, slip and falls, wrongful death, traumatic brain injury and other accidents.
NOTABLE RECOVERIES:
AVIATION
- Pilot error and manufacturing defects on Embraer aircraft operated by Comair ($6 million).
- Defective jet engine causing multiple deaths; evidence spoliation ($8.9 million from multiple defendants).
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
- Breach of fiduciary obligations and contract regarding an eye clinic ($1.1 million)
- Breach of stock contract and fiduciary duties ($1.2 million).
- Failure to adequately fund business and wrongful termination of credit ($1.5 million).
- Improper termination of operating line of credit.
- Violation of corporation borrowing regulations.
- Violation of SEC rules regarding secondary stock offer disclosures ($15 million).
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
- Failure to properly advise patient of latex surgery ($1 million).
- Breach of standards regarding spinal fusion surgery and technique.
- Failure to monitor coagulation problems after prostate surgery.
- Failure to properly monitor patient during spinal anesthesia.
- Failure to properly treat glaucoma.
- Failure to properly treat ER patient with infectious respiratory illness.
- Failure to properly treat retinal detachment.
- Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer.
- Failure to timely diagnose colon cancer.
- Failure to timely diagnose prostate cancer.
- Failure to treat post-operative complications following cataract surgery.
- Injury to optic nerve during surgery; failure to properly treat macular degeneration.
- Injury from misplaced screw during spinal fusion.
- Medical negligence resulting in injury to vagus nerve.
- Negligent package and ship human tissue to pathology center ($2.2 million).
- Negligent treatment post-CT myelogram complications.
- Negligent treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and catheter insertion.
- Spinal su Mr. Doubek is a member of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the State Bar of Montana. He is admitted to practice in Montana and the U.S Disctrict Court, District of Montana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
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