
Carl E. Douglas and Jamon Hicks stand for a portrait outside their office in Los Angeles, CA on Monday, March 1, 2021. (Justin L. Stewart / Special to the Daily Journal)
Celebrated trial attorney Carl E. Douglas has no trouble singling out the legal work he's found most fulfilling over his more than 40-year career.
"The Creator put me on this earth to sue cops," Douglas said. "That is what is most meaningful for me."
In the 1980s, Douglas spent six years as a federal public defender in Los Angeles and then worked 12 years for Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.,... (continued)