Personal:

Married with two children.
Born in Laredo, Texas

Education:

St. Mary's University , J.D., 1969
St. Mary's University, B.A., 1965

Legal Experience:

• 1999-Present Principle shareholder in Dilley Law Firm. With offices located at 635 S. Presa St., San Antonio, Texas 78210 and 213 N. 11th Street, McAllen, Texas 78501.
• 1972-1999 Law Offices of Douglas E. Dilley, P.C.Private practice. Trial work in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, FELA, Probate and Worker's Compensation cases. Handled over 200 Social Security Administrative Appeals. Handled over 75 Jury Trials as 1st chair and over 50 second chair. Litigated Multiple Party Mass Tort Cases, Oil Field Injuries. Handled over 750 Administrative Law Hearings before Social Security Administrative Law Judges. Handled over 1000 depositions of experts, medical doctors and parties as lead lawyer. Managed medium size law firm for over 30 years, currently consisting of 4 lawyers, 3 paralegals, 3 secretaries, 2 receptionists and 3 investigators.
• 1969-1972 Employed by Law Office of M.M. Pena, Jr. Did all civil trial work in Worker's Compensation, Personal Injury and Probate cases.

Licenses:

Admitted to Texas Bar 1969
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas 1972
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Memberships:

San Antonio Bar Association
National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR)
American Bar Association
Texas Trial Lawyers
College of the State Bar
Mexican American Bar Association
United States District Court (Western District) Magistrate Selection Committee
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Bar Association
National Organization of Veterans' Advocates

Military Service:

U.S. Army Reserves 1969-1974
Honorable Discharge

Special Skills:

Read, write and speak fluent Spanish and English.
Coast Guard approved classes for operation of sea vessels.
Computer literate in Windows, Abacus Law, Westlaw, Sanction, PowerPoint, LexisNexis and FindLaw.

Representative Clients:

Consul General of Mexico (San Antonio)

Continuing Legal Education:

NOSSCR (Social Security)
Advanced Personal Injury
Advanced Civil Trial
New Rules of Civil Procedure
Longshore Comprehensive
Longshore and Harbor (Loyola University)