Douglas M. "Doug" Poland
Law Forward, Inc.
Recognized since 2010
Madison, Wisconsin
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Environmental
Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants


Douglas M. Poland is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants.
Douglas M., who practices law in Madison, Wisconsin, has been recognized since 2010. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Douglas M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
- Lawyer Page: https://
- 222 West Washington Avenue, Suite 250
Madison, WI 53703
- Loyola University Chicago, J.D. , summa cum laude, graduated 1994
- Northwestern University, BA, with Departmental Honors in History, graduated 1988
- Illinois, 1994
- Wisconsin, 2005
- City of Madison South Capitol District Planning Committee - Member (2013-2014)
- Covenant Presbyterian Church - Ruling Elder (2008-present)
- Downtown Madison, Inc. - Board of Directors, Member and Past Chair (2011-Present)
- DRI - Member and Past Vice Chair, Toxic Torts & Environmental Law Committee (2009-2011)
- James E. Doyle Inn of Court - Member, Programming Committee (2015-present)
- John Knox Presbytery - Member, Presbytery Council (2011-2014)
- Law Forward, Inc. - Litigation Director (2020-present)
- Madison's Central Business Improvement District - Member, Board of Directors (2019-2021)
- Monroe Street Arts Center - Board of Directors, Member and President (2007-2016)
- Vilas Neighborhood Association - Member, Edgewood/Neibhorhood Liaison Committee (2013-2018)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
- United States Supreme Court
2 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America award

- Litigation - Environmental, Madison (2026)
- Litigation - Environmental, Madison (2024)
- Litigation - Environmental, Madison (2022)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Madison (2021)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Madison (2018)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Madison (2016)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability
- Toxic Tort
- Civil Rights Law
- Product Liability Litigation
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