Douglas E. Kulper

Managing Partner
Ferguson Case Orr Paterson

Ferguson Case Orr Paterson is a Ventura-based law firm with 25 attorneys.  

Doug Kulper is the managing partner of Ferguson Case Orr Paterson.  Among other things, he is District Counsel for the Calleguas Municipal Water District, which supplies water to over 75% of Ventura County.  His practice emphasizes business and real estate litigation, and public entity law.

Prior to attending law school, Doug became a CPA while employed with the international accounting firm of Arthur Young & Co. (now Ernst & Young).

Mr. Kulper received his Bachelor of Science and M.B.A. from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo.  He earned his Law Degree from the University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City.

Doug has been an adjunct professor at California State University Channel Islands for four years, teaching accounting, law, and ethics.  He is also a lecturer in the Economics Department at the University of California Santa Barbara, where he teaches law and ethics.  While at FCOP, Mr. Kulper developed the CPA/Law Society of Ventura County , for which he has been president since January 2000.  In 2003 he also created a scholarship program for local college students, including students from the MVS School of Business & Economics.  The CPA/Law Society surpassed $115,000 in cumulative scholarship awards in 2007, and expects to award over $50,000 in 2008.