Douglas E. Koger is an accidental lawyer. Growing up he always wanted to own his own business. After earning a college business degree with a concentration in finance and minors in math and economics in college, he wanted to continue with his studies. He considered an MBA and law school ultimately deciding that law school would better prepare him to own and run his own business. After law school, he moved to Houston and began working for a small law firm that concentrated in business, construction, and real estate litigation and transactions. In 1994 Douglas Koger opened his own practice and continued to help entrepreneurs and small businesses with their legal matters.
During his years helping businesses, Douglas Koger found a love for trial practice; trying his clients’ cases to a judge or jury. Litigation is, by its nature, war consisting of multiple battles among parties seeking opposing results. If not settled it culminates in a trial to a jury or judge. Cases often arise through complex series of events and facts that are perceived differently by those involved. Jurors begin trials knowing little, if anything, about the events that gave rise to the dispute or about the often-complex technical matters involved. The trial lawyer is ultimately a teacher. He or she must, in a short time frame, make these facts and technical matters easily understood and teach the jury what happened, why they are there and how they – the jury – can make it right. If done correctly, a jury will feel compelled to make it right.
Douglas Koger has two boys, both of who graduated from Cinco Ranch High School in Katy, Texas. In his spare time, Douglas Koger enjoys watching high school and collegiate wrestling and helping with local high school and club wrestling events. As his sons were growing up Douglas Koger was an active coach with the local wrestling clubs and various positions with the Texas USA Wrestling, Inc., the state governing body for amateur wrestling.