Experience and Practice
Conal Doyle has forged a national reputation for successfully litigating complex and difficult cases against some of the world’s largest and most powerful corporations, insurance companies, and governmental entities. For example, he is lead counsel in Castaneda v. U.S., 538 F.Supp.2d 1279 (C.D. Cal 2008), a groundbreaking civil rights case that has attracted international media attention. The case has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Daily Journal, Univision, Telemundo, numerous other national and international media entities, and the CBS news magazine “60 Minutes.”
Mr. Doyle has received an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. An AV rating is the highest rating available from Martindale-Hubbell to rate lawyers’ ethics and legal ability and reflects the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary.
Mr. Doyle has tried numerous civil cases to jury verdict on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts. He has obtained significant recoveries for catastrophically injured plaintiffs in cases involving medical malpractice, product defects, and civil rights. Conal devotes his current practice exclusively to representing plaintiffs who have suffered significant injuries due to the negligence of others.
In prosecuting claims on behalf of those who have suffered injury and civil rights violations, Mr. Doyle draws on his extensive experience defending large corporations, governmental entities and officials, and insurance companies to maximize recovery for his clients. Prior to forming Willoughby Doyle, he was a trial attorney for six years with Fowler White Boggs Banker, one of Florida's oldest and largest full service law firms. He tried his first federal court jury trial at age 27 and by age 31 was lead trial counsel of an eleven hundred member law enforcement agency, where he litigated civil rights, torts, class actions, and employment cases
As a civil defense attorney, Mr. Doyle was entrusted to litigate to resolution high profile cases on behalf of governmental entities and officials such as the State of Florida, Florida Department of Corrections, city police chiefs, county sheriffs, numerous counties and municipalities (Florida), the State Attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Florida), Florida Department of Agriculture, and countless individual governmental officials. He has also represented many of the largest insurance companies and corporations in the world, including AIG, CNA, Progressive, Allstate, Nationwide, St. Paul, Farm Bureau, Maryland Casualty, Zurich-American, Walmart, Columbia-HCA Hospitals, Corrections Corporation of America, Steak & Ale, Correctional Medical Services, Consolidated Industries, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and others.
Mr. Doyle is a frequent lecturer and author on the topics of civil trial practice, civil rights, and personal injury litigation at law schools, Continuing Legal Education seminars, and the FBI NAA National Convention, where he has been recognized as an expert in civil rights litigation. He has also been quoted and featured frequently in national newspapers, radio, and television regarding constitutional law issues and civil rights.
Education
Mr. Doyle received his law degree cum laude from Florida State University College of Law in 1997, where he received book awards for the highest grade in Trial Practice and Litigation Seminar and was awarded a coveted scholarship and internship with the Florida House of Representatives. He completed his first year of law school at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, Florida where he was awarded West's Outstanding Scholar Award as Stetson's top ranked first year law student. He also received book awards in Torts, Civil Procedure, and Criminal Law while at Stetson. In his final year of law school, he received the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Scholarship, presented to only fifteen law students throughout the entire State of Florida. He received his undergraduate degree in Management and Psychology from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Personal
Mr. Doyle is a right leg amputee. He is an avid alpine skier and has competed in Giant Slalom and Slalom alpine races against the best disabled athletes in the world, including the U.S. Ski Team, Canadian Ski Team, and Australian Ski Team. He is a former member of the Board of Directors (1998-2002) of Self-Reliance, Inc. and is active in community efforts to improve the lifestyles of Americans with disabilities. He regularly draws on his unique life experiences in representing clients who have sustained significant injuries or have suffered discrimination due to their disabilities.
Bar Admissions
- California
- Florida
- New York
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
Professional Memberships / Designations
- AV Peer Review Rating - Martindale Hubbell
- Melvin Belli Society
- Public Justice Foundation
- Earl Warren American Inns of Court (2005-2006)
- Who’s Who in American Law
- American Bar Association
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
- American Association for Justice
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Florida Justice Association
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association
- New York State Bar Association
Recent Publications
Evaluating the Jail Medical Neglect Case, The Forum, CAOC, March 2006
Glimpsing the Future for An Amputee, Trial Magazine, AAJ, May 2008
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