Attorney Douglas M. Brooks is a 1982 graduate of Suffolk University Law School (J.D.) and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1979. He was a Note Editor for the Suffolk University Transnational Law Journal in 1981-1982. Mr. Brooks was previously associated with the Law Offices of Harold Brown in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Brooks has litigated a wide variety of civil cases, including matters involving franchising, dealer and distribution, as well as securities actions. He is a member of the bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and a member of the Forum on Franchising and Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. Mr. Brooks was a speaker at the 1995 Annual Forum on Franchising of the American Bar Association, where he delivered a paper entitled “Survey Evidence – Use of Collected Data in Encroachment Cases” and has been a frequent speaker at the annual conventions of the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers and the American Franchisee Association.
Significant trials and appeals handled by Mr. Brooks include NXIVM Corp. v. Ross Institute, 364 F.3d 471 (2nd Cir. 2004) (affirming denial of preliminary injunction against non-profit anti-cult organization in lawsuit alleging Copyright and Lanham Act violations; Mr. Brooks is representing the defendant pro bono); Wolinetz v. Berkshire Life Insurance Co., 361 F.3d 44 (1st Cir. 2004) (reversing summary judgment in “vanishing premium” case based on statute of limitations); In re: America Online, Inc., 168 F.Supp.2d 1359 (S.D.Fla. 2001) (denying summary judgment); Scheck v. Burger King Corp., 756 F.Supp. 543 (S.D.Fla. 1991) (denying summary judgment in franchise encroachment litigation), further opinion, 798 F.Supp. 692 (S.D.Fla. 1992); Rhodes v. Consumers’ Buyline, Inc., 668 F.Supp. 368 (D.Mass. 1993) (denying motion to compel arbitration in pyramid scheme case); Szymanski v. Boston Mutual Life Ins. Co., 56 Mass.App. 367 (2002), rev. den., 438 Mass. 1106 (2003) (reversing summary judgment in vanishing premium litigation); Oganesov v. GNC Franchising Inc., Bus. Franchise Guide (CCH) ¶11,808 (Pa. Ct. Cmn. Pl., March 3, 2000) (awarding $700,000 judgment for franchisee in encroachment litigation), aff’d, Bus. Franchise Guide (CCH) ¶12,163 (Pa.Super. 2001).
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