Board Members

Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq.
Lowenstein, Sandler PC

Douglas S. Eakeley is currently a member of the Lowenstein & Sandler P.C. law firm in New Jersey with extensive trial and appellate experience in complex commercial litigation. He has also served as First Assistant Attorney General of the State of New Jersey. In 1993, he was appointed by President Clinton to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, which he chaired until April 2003. In 1997, he received the John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award from the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. 

A former Rhodes Scholar and graduate of Yale Law School, Mr. Eakeley was named in the 2008 and 2009 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®"bet-the-company" litigator for his work in "make or break" litigation, an honor shared by a small and elite segment of litigators nationwide. Mr. Eakeley has been recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, which in 2008 noted his "flourishing appellate practice," and in 2007 cited his "deep knowledge of securities and class action litigation," leading "many to refer to him as a true dean of the Bar." Chambers USA (2006) describes him as "a recommended trial and appellate lawyer with a strong profile in complex commercial litigation . . . . Clients speak of his 'calm demeanor, superior intellect and respect with the judiciary,' confirming that 'if you walk into court with him it provides you with credibility.'" And the 2005 edition of Chambers USA describes him as "a talented litigator who has experience in a broad spectrum of commercial issues as well as appellate level cases." Mr. Eakeley is also featured in the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions of New Jersey Super Lawyers in the Business Litigation section. 

In his more than 35 years as a litigator, Mr. Eakeley has successfully tried numerous matters in federal and state courts, and served as lead counsel in cases in which new law was established (in the areas, for example, of consumer fraud class actions, pharmaceutical products liability, antitrust and civil RICO). Mr. Eakeley has also represented various high-profile public officials, including the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (in a federal case charging violation of the First Amendment in the closing of a court house to the filming of the riot scene from the movie The Bonfire of the Vanities) and the Governor of the State of New Jersey (involving constitutional challenges to the New Jersey Fair Automobile Insurance Reform Act). 

Mr Eakeley is member of several Boards such as the Practising Law Institute (1997 - present), New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (1999 - present), Legal Services Corporation (1993 - 2003), Legal Services of New Jersey (2003 - present), Editorial Board of the New Jersey Law Journal (1982 - 1990), Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey, American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association (1980 - present), and the New Jersey Network Foundation.

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