Douglas Hunter

Drawing on a Storied Legal Career to Win Cases for Injured Ohioans

Douglas (Doug) Hunter is a Senior Associate Attorney at NRS Injury Law, focusing on workers’ compensation trials and hearings. Building on a career that’s already seen him successfully resolve hundreds of cases in favor of his clients, Doug’s infallible commitment to helping clients obtain compensation for their losses has made him an invaluable part of the NRS Injury Law team.

An Advocate for the Working People

Doug knew from a very young age that he wanted to pursue law, as his father was a judge and his grandfather was an attorney. As a young man, Doug worked in various fields before his first job as a lawyer, including as a laborer at a rubber plant where he saw how dangerous working-class jobs can be. As fate would have it, Doug’s first attorney role was in workers’ compensation.

“I sort of fell into workers’ comp, really,” Doug says, describing how he became a multi-decade workers’ compensation attorney with a passion for helping working people. “It was my first job out of law school, and while I really enjoyed the field, my first role was as a defense attorney representing employers. I left that job within six months to shift over and help injured workers, but those initial months helped me learn a great deal about how workers’ compensation law is set up in Ohio, and, spoiler alert, it’s not set up to benefit the worker! But my in-depth experience on both sides of the aisle, plus my passion for helping people who are thrown into a system that works against them, makes my role as a plaintiff’s attorney the best one I could ask for.”

Leveraging Decades of Trial Experience to Provide Clients with Their Best Opportunities for Success

Doug’s vast career experience helps him secure benefits for injured workers. In a phrase, he has countless hours in first-chair jury trials, arbitration, and appellate oral arguments. He has perfected the securing and defending of depositions of lay and expert witnesses. He has provided immense trial support and assistance to senior attorneys while assisting in trial preparation and drafting firm pleadings, motions, and briefs.

Throughout his career, Doug has tried civil cases in several Ohio courts, has tried arbitrations, and has argued cases before several Ohio appellate courts. He has represented parties before state and local administrative agencies, including the Industrial Commission of Ohio. Doug has negotiated hundreds of settlements for personal injury and workers’ compensation claims and has additional experience in insurance coverage law, consumer and contract law, and civil defense law. He is also deeply skilled in negotiation, torts, trial practice, third-party liability, and industrial accidents. A trial attorney by nature who focuses primarily on the litigation side of workers’ compensation cases, Doug’s best traits are on full display when he shows up for clients in court.

Work/Life Balance

When he’s not working, Doug spends time with his wife and their three children. Doug is a big fan of Cleveland and Ohio State sports and enjoys golfing and traveling with family and friends. On weekends, Doug can usually be found attending swim meets or golf tournaments. During holidays, he packs the bags, rounds up the family, and hits the road for an adventure.

Don’t Wait to Seek Legal Help from Douglas Hunter

“Clients choose NRS Injury Law because of the firm’s proven track record of success,” Doug said, describing what initially drew him to the firm. Beyond those sentiments, Doug also firmly believes in NRS Injury Law’s mission to provide empathetic and patient service to every person who calls the firm, and to relentlessly pursue the best possible outcome on behalf of every client by putting collective experience, knowledge, and passion to work every day. To retain an effective legal team with a proven track record and to speak with Doug and the firm about your case, call 855-468-4878or fill out a convenient online contact form.

Community Impact

Doug brings his commitment to others from his work at the firm back into his personal life. A father to three children, he and his wife spend much of their free time volunteering and supporting their children’s activities, primarily their school and sports-related endeavors. The two also work together in raising money for sporting events and chaperoning extracurricular activities.

• NRS Injury Law, 2024-Present (Senior Associate Attorney representing claimants in workers’ compensation litigation and trial).
• Hoffman Legal Group, 2001-2024 (Staff Attorney responsible for representing injured persons on all levels of personal injury litigation, including MVAs, premises liability, employer intentional tort, and other claims. Also responsible for representing injured workers on workers’ compensation claims, including administrative hearing levels and appeals to common pleas court).
• Spooner Incorporated, 2000-2001 (Staff Attorney responsible for representation of employers in all administrative levels of workers’ compensation claims throughout Ohio).