The story begins in the office of Former Prime Minister Excellency Abdullah al Yafi; where, Attorney Abdul Razzak Doughan conducted his barrister training following his acceptance in the Beirut Lawyers Bar Association. In 1969, he and two of his friends, Attorney Aref al Awar & Ramiz al Husseini opened their office in Down Town Beirut. The office was later relocated to Furn El Chebak facing the Ministry of Justice. In 1977, due to the Lebanese Civil War they parted and Attorney Doughan opened his office in Mazraa. Finally, Attorney Abdul Razzak & Attorney F. Ikbal Doughan opened there own office in 1997 in Hursh District in Beirut.
During that period the office was involved in all types of law cases such as Criminal, Commercial, Civil, Social Security and Labor Law. Attorney Doughan was the legal representative of the:
- Vegetables & Fruits Retail Sellers Syndicateنقابة بائعي الخضار و الفاكهه بالمفرق
- Owners of Licensed Shop Extensions Syndicate نقابة أصحاب البسطات
- Régie Libanaise des Tabacs et Tombacs Employees & Labors Syndicate
نقابة موظفي و عمال إدارة حصر التبغ و التنباك
- The Orient Finance Company الشركة المالية للشرق
- General Secretory of Marche’ de Beyrouth at Barbir أسواق بيروت
- Working Women League of Lebanon رابطة المراة العاملة في لبنان
In 1987, Attorney F. Ikbal Doughan joined the office after her acceptance in the Beirut Lawyers Bar Association where she was involved in all the work related to the office from that date on. Attorney Ikbal is the president of several NGOs associations and currently she is the President of the Lebanese Women Council of Lebanon.
Being all School & University classmates, Youssef, Mona, Rana and Khaled graduated together in 1988 & 1989.
Dr./Eng. Youssef Doughan started his work at the American University of Beirut (AUB) while continuing his MSc. Degree. He participated in the voluntarily supervision of the office in the areas of Administrative & Logistic Works; as well as, in the Social services required until 2010. For the last fifteen years he has worked in several companies in different managerial positions & during that period he finished his second MSc. in Agricultural Economics and attained his PMP certification in 2006 & 2009 respectively. In 2017 he earned his PhD in economics from Beirut Arab University. Dr. Doughan has joined the office in full capacity since 2010 and is a Free Lance Consultant & Trainer in Several Companies & Educational Institutes in the fields of Management and Economics. From 2014-2017 Dr. Doughan was assigned as an advisor to H.E. Mohamad Mashnouk at the Lebanese Ministry of Environment; and since 2016 Dr. Doughan Has been assigned as a Member of the Managing Board of the Council of the South.
Graduated with a BA in Public Administration from AUB, Ms. Mona Al-Hariri Doughan has been voluntarily handling all Public Relations and Services Activities at the office; in addition to her work as a Senior Supervisor at BANKMED head office Operations Department.
Ms. Rana Doughan Ghalayini graduated with a BA in Interior Architect from the Lebanese American University (LAU) & finished her MA in Advertisement from the Lebanese University. Earlier she spent one year in France studying Fashion Design. Upon finishing her BA, she started her work in the office as an Interior Architect and Fashion Designer. She was the Fashion Designer for different companies in Lebanon and attended several fashion exhibitions in Europe; furthermore, she has been involved in many renovation & decorative in projects in Lebanon. Now, in addition to the above she has opened a Boutique in Beirut at Bliss Street where all decorations, article cadeaux and customized items are available to all; furthermore, Ms. Rana teaches at the Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon; as well as, the Lebanese Governmental Technical Institute.
Mr. Khaled Ghalayini since his graduation with a BA in Communication from LAU, he has been voluntarily managing all the Office Communication Planning and Services in addition to his work as the General Manager in Give A Child A Toy Association until 2010 when he lunched his private entrepreneur business in goods and services.
1997 & 1998, witnessed the joining of Attorneys Samer & Mazen Doughan to the office as trainees; ever since, they have been involved in all Legal aspects of the office. This process took place, first under the patronage of the Late Lawyer Abdul Razzak Doughan; and later as Partners with Attorney F. Ikbal Doughan after finishing their barrister training period and passing the Bar Exams. The office is currently handling all types of Legal Suites including Criminal, Public, Companies, Labor, Social Security, Civil, Commercial and Marital Suites. In addition, they have been involved in Arbitration Practices for more than a decade and are currently in the process of acquiring Global Certification for the Office.
Ms. Ghada Soufi Doughan graduated from Balamand University with a BA in Education and Teaching Diploma. In 2004, over and above her work at the different schools teaching Mathematics; she has joined the office as a volunteer Education Consultant with respect to all rules, regulations and teaching done in Intermediate and Elementary Schools in Lebanon.
During 2008, another member Ms. Ghina Maaliki who graduated with a DEA from Kaslik University in French Literature; joined as a volunteer Linguistic Consultant involved in all Linguistic & Translation needed for the office. Ms. Ghina has worked in recruitment at an Educational Institute in Lebanon; and currently she is teaching French Language at the Grand Lycee.
Finally, we hope and aim to continue our evolvement, development, capabilities and services through ourselves and Future Generations that will joins us in order to maintain our Motto, Mission, Vision, Goals and Values.
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