This "Zoning And Land Use" seminar will focus on all aspects of land use planning.
(PRWEB) September 16, 2005 --This "Zoning And Land Use" seminar will cover virtually all aspects of land use planning that you might encounter in Georgia. There will be an emphasis on legal challenges to zoning decisions and how to deal with them and avoid them, as well as suggestions as to how to deal with the different tribunals who hear zoning cases.
G. Douglas Dillard is an attorney with Dillard & Galloway, LLC. Mr. Dillards practice areas include zoning, planning and land use, local government law, land use litigation, zoning law, zoning variances and eminent domain. He has lectured on topics of zoning and land use law, and has authored numerous papers on these topics. Mr. Dillard is a member of the Decatur- Dekalb Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the American Judicature Society, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Planning Association and the Georgia Planning Association. He received his B.A. degree from Furman University, his J.D. degree from Walter F. George School of Law and his LL.B. degree from Mercer University.
Andrea Cantrell Jones is an attorney with Dillard & Galloway, LLC. Her practice areas include local government law, land use litigation, eminent domain, commercial litigation and family law. Ms. Jones is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers, and she is a guardian ad litem. She received her A.B. degree from Georgia State University, with honors, and her J.D. degree from Georgia State University College of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review.
Laurel A. David is an associate with Dillard & Galloway, LLC. Ms. Davids practice areas include zoning law land use. She was admitted in Georgia in 2003. Ms. David is the author of The EPAs Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Methods: Do They Comply with the Clean Water Act?” The Urban Lawyer, Summer 2003 and co-author of Smart Growth in the Context of Current Zoning Laws and Policies.” She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, her M.A. degree from the University of London and her J.D. degree from Georgia State University.
James Blount Griffin is an associate at the Law Offices of Wm. Thomas Craig, concentrating his practice on zoning appeals, county codes, landfill permits, §1983 actions and other disputes. Mr. Griffin earned a B.A. degree from Gordon College, an M.A. degree from the University of Alabama and a J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University Law School. Previously, Mr. Griffin was an instructor at La Lumiere School, where he taught history and literature, and at Brenau Academy, where he taught history and government.
Daniel C. Haygood is a partner at Haygood & Pruett, LLP. He is engaged in local government representation, residential and commercial real estate, probate, estate, and trust planning and administration and corporate and contract representation. Mr. Haygood earned a B.S.B.A. degree, with honors, from Auburn University and a J.D. degree from the University Of Georgia School Of Law. A member of the State Bar of Georgia since 1981, Mr. Haygood is admitted to practice in all courts of the state of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Michael C. Pruett is a partner at Haygood & Pruett, LLP. He is engaged in local government representation, probate, estate, and trust planning and administration and corporate and contract representation. Mr. Pruett earned a B.B.A. degree, magna cum laude, and a J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Georgia. A member of the State Bar of Georgia since 1991, Mr. Pruett is admitted to admitted to practice in all courts of the State of Georgia, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
Edward D. Tolley is a partner at Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael, LLP. He earned B.B.A., M.B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Georgia. Mr. Tolley is a member of the board of governors for the State Bar of Georgia and the American College of Trial Lawyers; a distinguished fellow for the Georgia Bar Foundation; president of the Western Circuit Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association, Middle District of Georgia; and a fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia and the American Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Tolley is the recipient of the State Bar of Georgia Professionalism Award (2002, first recipient) and the Chief Justice Award for Community Service (2000). He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who in Georgia, Who's Who Among Southern Lawyers and Georgia Trend's Legal Elite.”
Jonathan Weintraub, P.C. is a sole practitioner in Decatur, Georgia. For nearly eight years, he was the county attorney for DeKalb County, Georgia. Prior to his DeKalb experience, Mr. Weintraub was the county attorney for Gwinnett County, Georgia, during the period when it was the fastest growing county in the United States. He practices governmental law, including land use, civil rights, contracts and taxation. Mr. Weintraub also practices business litigation. He has been active for over six years as an advisor and member of the State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism. Mr. Weintraub received his A.B. degree from Syracuse University and his J.D. degree from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University.
This seminar is designed for attorneys, presidents, vice presidents, owners, planners, project managers, engineers, architects, developers, council members, zoning board members, property managers, public works directors, title insurance representatives, principals, surveyors and land use officials.
To register for this event please click http://www.lorman.com/info/357929 or please call 866-352-9539 to speak with a Lorman Education customer service representative. Reference number for this event is 18189.
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