First Admitted: 2010, Ohio

Bar/Professional Activity:

Central Ohio Association for Justice Board of Directors and Committee Chair., 2012

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Prevailed on a five-day jury trial regarding violations of Ohio's Consumer Sales Practices Act., 2022
Kids Zone v. Shiwar, jury verdict for $80,000 on this commercial dispute between a daycare and its landlord for the landlord's failure to make capital improvements. The daycare, our client, prevailed., 2012
Appointed to the Executive Committee of a nationwide class action MDL affecting 325,000 student loan borrowers in re: FedLoan Student Loan Servicing Litigation, MDL No. 18-2833., 2018
Marais v. Chase (6th Circuit, 2013) is a significant decision benefiting consumers under RESPA, and the first published decision on this point of law at the federal appellate level. http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/13a0332p-06.pdf, 2013
Majestic v. Huntington, Sixth Circuit. This is a case of first impression regarding a bank's ability to charge fees to its customers for watching for fraudulent checks. The Sixth Circuit determined that our client could proceed with its class action, finding that Huntington's attempts to shift liabilty for fraudulent checks onto its consumers could violate UCC Article 4., 2017
Slorp v. Lerner Sampson: Sixth Circuit federal appeals court rules consumer can proceed with a RICO racketeering lawsuit against Bank of America, its counsel, and MERS., 2014

Videos:

How to Draft Contracts to Avoid Lawsuits, Law, 2013
Describes basic foreclosure defenses for consumers., Foreclosure Defenses, Law, 2011

Representative Clients:

People facing foreclosure, those facing debt collectors, and consumers seeking help with mortgage and banking related disputes.

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Pro bono/Community Service:

Mr. Doucet's law firm wrote off nearly $1 million in client debt for 2014 to enable his consumer clients to focus on other bills while getting back on their feet after foreclosure, rather than the firm's legal bill., 2015
Mr. Doucet hired a full time pro-bono attorney to serve the poor and needy at no cost.

Honors/Awards:

Mr. Doucet's firm is proud to have been selected as one of a small handful to be awarded SuperLawyer's Pro Bono Award for the year 2014 for its efforts in helping serve those in need., Pro Bono Award, SuperLawyers, 2014
Award given to members of the organization who contribute special efforts to the organization during their membership year., President's Award, Central Ohio Association for Justice, 2011
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale Hubble
Given to a member of this plaintiff's bar for outstanding work within the organization., COAJ President's Award, COAJ, 2011

Educational Background:

After working in a different industry, Mr. Doucet returned to The Ohio State University to complete as BA in Economics in 2007., 2007

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

This book explains in plain language 27 legal defenses available to homeowners facing foreclosure, and follows the popular earlier edition "23 Legal Defenses for Foreclosure.", Author, 27 Legal Defenses to Foreclosure, Law, 2022
This book analogizes Sun Tzu's famous manual on warfare to lawyers and litigation., The Art of War for Lawyers, Book, Legal, 2014

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