Experience and Practice
Markus Willoughby is a founding partner of Willoughby Doyle and concentrates his practice on litigation. He is an experienced civil trial attorney specializing in plaintiff’s civil litigation with an emphasis on medical malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, and fiduciary and estate litigation. He has tried numerous civil jury trials and/or binding arbitrations in multiple jurisdictions on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. As lead counsel, Mr. Willoughby has litigated over a thousand cases, involving medical malpractice, wrongful death, birth injuries, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, elder abuse, hospital liability, motor vehicle accidents, dog bites, personal injury, slip and fall, trust and estate disputes, will contests, property issues and breach of contract.
Mr. Willoughby is licensed to practice law in both Ohio and California and has also tried cases in both states. He has served as an Arbitrator for the Common Pleas Court of Ohio and is chairperson of the Inter-professional Committee of the Alameda and Contra Costa Medical Associations and the Alameda County Bar Association resolving disputes between physicians and attorneys and on the Executive Committee of the Barristers assisting younger lawyers.
Mr. Willoughby has lectured frequently on deposition techniques, discovery practice, trial tactics, responsibilities of mental health counselors and informed consent at Continuing Medical Education seminars and Continuing Legal Education seminars. In addition, he has written course material and articles on deposition techniques and discovery practice. Mr. Willoughby is widely regarded as a skilled, effective and compassionate advocate on behalf of his clients.
Personal
Mr. Willoughby graduated in 1992 with high honors from California State University with a degree in philosophy. He obtained his law degree in 1995 from Case Western University School of Law where he received the Nathan Burkan Award and Governor’s Commendation. Mr. Willoughby resides in Oakland, California.
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District for the Eastern District of California
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