About Douglas Kershaw
Douglas Kershaw Poulin is a licensed attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California. He was licensed to the California State Bar in 2002. His license is currently in lively status. Mr. Poulin is an affiliate at Hughes Gill Cochrane Tinetti, P.C., a regulation company positioned in Walnut Creek, California. He has been practicing law for over 23 years, serving clients across the higher San Francisco Bay Area.
Mr. Poulin earned his Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School in 2000. During his time at Boston College, he was actively concerned in a number of moot court competitions, which includes winning the Wendell F. Grimes Moot Court Competition and being a semi-finalist in the Top Ten Best Brief and Outstanding Oral Advocate categories. He additionally participated within the Boston College Law School Mock Trial Competition and was a finalist in the A.B.A. Client Counseling Competition. Prior to law school, he completed his undergraduate schooling at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1997. At St. Andrews, he was a member of the Old Union Debating Society.
Mr. Poulin concentrates his practice in the regions of real estate, business, and construction litigation. He represents individuals and agencies in things involving dealer disputes, foreclosures, neighbor disputes, title insurance coverage, fraud, contract violation, breach of rent, and landlord-tenant issues. His practice encompasses all levels of legal proceedings, including initial case assessment, evidence-gathering process, facilitated negotiation, settlement discussions, and trial proceedings in both state and federal courts. He has successfully represented clients in structure defect cases, damages on behalf of contractors, subcontractors, architects, and engineers in mechanic's liens, stop note, fee and performance bond movements.
Throughout his career, Mr. Poulin has treated cases in the Superior Court of California for the County of Contra Costa, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Prior to becoming a member of Hughes Gill Cochrane Tinetti, P.C., he worked as an affiliate at The Williams Firm in Walnut Creek, California, from 2005 to 2024. He additionally served as an affiliate at Berding & Weil from 2004 to 2005, and at Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley from 2002 to 2004.
Mr. Poulin is an active member of the Contra Costa County Bar Association, collaborating within the Corporate Counsel and Business Attorneys and Real Estate Sections. He is likewise a member of the Economic Development Alliance for Business, the San Francisco Real Estate Exchange, the Belden Club Real Estate Organization, and the Building Owners and Managers Association. He holds memberships in the Bar of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, the Bar of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
