Deutsch Kerrigan LLP is pleased to announce R. Douglas Vaughn has been named President of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.  Doug Vaughn defends claims of medical malpractice, commercial litigation and transportation matters.  He also has experience handling insurance first party claims including bad faith and fraud investigation, commercial transactions including forming business entities, drafting wills and trusts, and closing real estate transactions.  Doug is head of the firm’s Gulfport office and was named to the 2017 "The Best Lawyers in America" list for his work in Insurance Law.

About Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association

The Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association is a statewide association of attorneys who practice primarily in the defense of civil litigation.  The purpose of this association is to bring together lawyers of Mississippi who devote a substantial amount of their professional time to the handling of litigated cases primarily for the defense, to exchange information, ideas and techniques of procedure and court rulings relating to the handling of litigation to enhance the knowledge and improve the skills of defense lawyers, and to promote improvements in the administration of justice and to increase the quality of service which the legal profession renders to the community, state and nation.  Founded in 1965, MDLA has grown to an active membership of over 600 attorneys.

About Deutsch Kerrigan, L.L.P. 

Deutsch Kerrigan, L.L.P. is an insurance defense law firm with offices in New Orleans, LA and Gulfport, MS. Founded in 1926, Deutsch Kerrigan views the task of resolving a legal problem as a partnership with its clients and works closely with each client to provide high quality, effective legal service that exceeds the client's expectations.