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DOUGLAS B. HARGETT

Partner

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douglas@loftinholt.com

256.381.7750

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256.381.7750

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DOUGLAS B. HARGETT

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Partner

douglas@loftinholt.com

Douglas competes for his clients the same way he did as an All-American athlete: disciplined, prepared, never outworked.

Douglas is a trial lawyer who tells his clients’ stories in a way judges and juries understand—simply and clearly. An All-American college athlete, he brings a competitor’s mindset to every case: relentless preparation, discipline, and a game plan built to win. Athletics taught him that victories are earned behind the scenes long before game day—and that no one wins alone. But no plan survives contact unchanged, and that’s where Douglas thrives: reading the moment, adjusting on the fly, and thinking on his feet when a case turns—whether at the negotiating table or in the courtroom. When the stakes are highest, clients have a lawyer who has trained his entire career for those moments, with experience forged at two of Alabama’s premier law firms.

His work ranges from complex shareholder disputes to cutting-edge cryptocurrency litigation the law is still catching up with. He guides businesses through high-stakes litigation, resolves battles over real estate and construction, fights for families in estate contests, and stands up for the injured and for families after a wrongful death—in courtrooms across Alabama and throughout the Southeast.

Douglas serves as Commissioner for the Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners 11th Judicial Circuit (Lauderdale County) and served as President of the Colbert County Bar Association.

Licensed In

  • Alabama

Admitted In

  • Supreme Court of Alabama

  • United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama

  • United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama

  • United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama

  • United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Alabama

  • United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law (Ole Miss), J.D., cum laude

    • Mississippi Law Journal, Associate Editor

    • Moot Court Board, Executive Committee

  • University of North Alabama, B.S., magna cum laude

    • Phi Kappa Phi

    • Double Major: Political Science and Biology

  • Honors, Awards & Recognitions

    • Professional

      • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2022-Present

        • Recognized in Litigation – Construction, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

      • Recognized in Mid-South Super Lawyers publication, 2021-Present

      • Recognized in Alabama Super Lawyers, Rising Star publication, 2013-2019

      • Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent Rating, 2011-Present

      • Business Alabama, Top Attorneys: Alabama’s Outstanding Young Lawyers

    • Personal

      • Disney Wide World of Sports National Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year (twice named), 2001 & 2002

      • Verizon Academic All-American of the Year, All College Divisions (twice named), 2001 & 2002

      • Rawlings Baseball All-American First Baseman, 2002

      • Alabama Sportswriters’ Small College Athlete of the Year, 2002

      • Turris Fidelis Award, Outstanding Service to UNA, 2002

      • International Balfour Award Finalist, Sigma Chi Fraternity, 2002

      • UNA Athletic Hall of Fame, 2013

      • Colbert County Sports Hall of Fame, 2014

      • Gulf South Conference Hall of Fame, 2018

    Notable Cases & Results

    • WGI, Inc. v. Mayfield, 2025 WL 1191201 (S.D. Fla. 2025)

    • Mansell and Associates, LLC v. Ritchey Metals Co., Inc., 2023 WL 346658 (N.D. Ala. 2023)

    • Cobblestone Glen Flats, LLC v. R&R-Beth LP, 2022 WL 22896102 (N.D. Ala. 2022)

    • Mitchell v. K&B Fabricators, Inc., 274 So. 3d 251 (Ala. 2018)

    • McDaniel v. Ezell, 177 So. 3d 454 (Ala. 2015)

    • Vakili v. Stephenson, 478 F. App’x 660 (11th Cir. 2012)

    • State Dept. of Transp. v. Joe Keenum Excavation and Const. Co., Inc., 99 So. 3d 344 (Ala. 2012)

    • First Commercial Bank of Huntsville v. Faith Properties, LLC, 2011 WL 13175768 (N.D. Ala. 2011)

    • Ex parte Bentley, 50 So. 3d 1063 (Ala. 2010)

    • Argonaut Midwest Insurance Company v. Cougle, 2009 WL 10688059 (N.D. Ala. 2009)

    • Nihon Tsushin Kabushiki Kaisha v. Davidson, 595 F. Supp. 2d 363 (D. Del. 2009)

    • Adams v. Kellett, 2009 WL 10694800 (N.D. Ala. 2009)

    • In re Lucky, 2008 WL 2952202 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 2008)

    • Avocent Huntsville Corp. v. ATEN Intern. Co., Ltd., 2007 WL 6788130 (N.D. Ala. 2007)

    Publications

    • “Minority Oppression in Limited Liability Companies: The Birth of a New Claim or a Hole in the Law?”, Douglas B. Hargett & G. Bartley Loftin, III, Alabama Lawyer, January 2016

    Professional & Community Involvement

    • Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners, 11th Judicial Circuit, 2026-Present

    • Alabama State Bar Association, Current Member

    • Lauderdale County Bar Association, Current Member

    • Colbert County Bar Association, Current Member & Past President, 2012

    • Huntsville Young Lawyers, Past President-Elect, 2009

    • UNA Alumni Association Board, Past President, 2015-2016