Douglas Winter practices in trial and appellate litigation, products liability and entertainment law. His litigation practice concentrates on complex and multidistrict cases at the trial and appellate levels, with a particular emphasis on aviation, aerospace, wrongful death, products liability, and class actions. He served as lead counsel in the multitude of cases arising from the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 at Detroit, Mich., on Aug. 16, 1987, the second largest air disaster to occur in the continental United States, and participated in the longest jury trial on aviation issues in American history, prevailing on behalf of his client. He also has served as lead counsel in damages issues arising from the crash of a United Airlines DC-10 at Sioux City, Iowa, and in a myriad of other mass disaster cases. Other significant litigation handled by Mr. Winter includes cases establishing the "government contractor defense," cases interpreting the Death on the High Seas Act and the Warsaw Convention and multidistrict proceedings with hundreds of parties.

Mr. Winter’s entertainment practice includes the drafting and negotiation of contracts involving writers, publishers, television producers and film makers and litigation resolving disputes about contracts and intellectual property rights. He is the author or editor of 11 published books (including the authorized biography/critique of Stephen King, The Art of Darkness, and the anthologies Prime Evil and Revelations). He has written more than 200 published short stories and articles for such major newspapers as the Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and Atlanta Journal-Constitution; magazines as diverse as Harper’s Bazaar, Saturday Review and Gallery; and books published on six continents. He regularly teaches writing to the lawyers of the firm.