--- title: Douglas Vanderpool url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool --- ![Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Vanderpool-Doug-web_555d9d33b5649b0ab8db2070c301d6f1.jpg) # Douglas Vanderpool Doug Vanderpool is an “attorney’s trial attorney.” Often hired by his peers and former adversaries, Mr. Vanderpool develops novel theories and creative solutions to his clients’ legal needs. Opposing counsel learn quickly that Mr. Vanderpool is also happy to try cases and why clients hire him for his unique hands-on approach and extensive experience as a trial lawyer and strategist. One long-time client has said “hiring him was the best decision I ever made.”  Mr. Vanderpool also likes long walks on the beach, pina coladas, and teddy bears.  ### Articles written by this author: ## [Be generous](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-january/be-generous "Be generous") You’ll get back a lot more than you give [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-january) ## [Jackrabbit Homesteads](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-february/jackrabbit-homesteads "Jackrabbit Homesteads") Whether rock climbing at “JT” or practicing law, it helps to have a buddy when you get stuck [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-february) ## [Cold doesn’t have a color](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march/cold-doesn-t-have-a-color "Cold doesn’t have a color") The extraordinary story of one OCTLA member [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-march) ## [Butt wipes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-april/butt-wipes "Butt wipes") The key to voir dire? [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-april) ## [Does a tree that falls in the forest make any sound?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-may/does-a-tree-that-falls-in-the-forest-make-any-sound "Does a tree that falls in the forest make any sound?") Publicize your good deeds with charities such as OCTLC [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-may) ## [Huge wall calendars](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-june/huge-wall-calendars "Huge wall calendars") Tracking due dates on monthly columns and vacations. Also, people we need to thank and those we choose to honor [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-june) ## [Life within the law](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-july/life-within-the-law "Life within the law") “We must live while we can, and we’ll drink our cup of laughter” [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-july) ## [Summer in the high desert: Joshua Tree](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-august/summer-in-the-high-desert-joshua-tree "Summer in the high desert: Joshua Tree") “The jury trial began on a hot day in July 1943 in the Riverside County Superior Court…” [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-august) ## [Looking for you here in Vegas](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-september/looking-for-you-here-in-vegas "Looking for you here in Vegas") If you play long enough, your money always ends up back in the machine [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-september) ## [Jet lagged](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-october/jet-lagged "Jet lagged") Top Gun Award winners: William D. Shapiro, Richard A. Cohn, Angel J. Carrazco, Annee Della Donna and Clare H. Lucich [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-october) ## [The reluctant president](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/the-reluctant-president "The reluctant president") Reflecting on an incredible year that is about to come to an end [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november) [![The unexamined life . . .](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Socrates-istock-491911620_054a03f65eb841f06063c5433768eba3.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/the-unexamined-life "The unexamined life . . .") ## [The unexamined life . . .](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/the-unexamined-life "The unexamined life . . .") A segue from being an Orange County trial lawyer to the philosophy of Socrates [Douglas Vanderpool](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/douglas-vanderpool "Douglas Vanderpool") [2022 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december)