Dillard, G. Douglas

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Dillard specializes in the areas of zoning, planning and land use, local government law, land use litigation and eminent domain. Mr. Dillard has been a guest lecturer in his practice areas at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Florida State University, the University of Georgia, and the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University.  He has also been an instructor for the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association, the Georgia Bar Association, the National Business Institute, the Georgia Real Estate Institute, the Dixie Land Title Association, Lorman Education Services, and Law Seminars International.  He was a member of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Planning and Growth Management Task Force created by Governor Zell Miller.  He has served on the DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of Georgia, the Board of Trustees of Furman University, Greenville, S.C. and the Board of the Atlanta Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.  Mr. Dillard has served as Chairperson of Leadership DeKalb, Chairman of the DeKalb County Democratic Party, Finance Chairman of Ben Jones for Congress, State Chairman of Lt. Governor Pierre Howard's campaign, and as Chairman of the Board of Visitors for the Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia.  Mr. Dillard has also been a participant in Leadership Georgia and the Regional Leadership Institute.  He is currently a member of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority DRI Technical Advisory Group, the Atlanta Regional Commission Land Use Coordinating Committee, Co-Chairman of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Quality Growth Legal and Technical Committee, the American Judicature Society, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Planning Association, the Georgia Planning Association, the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Council for Quality Growth, the Georgia Quality Growth Partnership, the Urban Land Institute, and is listed in the Best Lawyers of America.

Areas of Practice

• Planning, Zoning and Land Use
• Eminent Domain/Condemnation
• Local Government
• Land Use Litigation
• Arbitration

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Licensing, Regulatory Enforcement, Arbitration, Religious Discrimination, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Water & Riparian Rights, Condemnation, Eminent Domain, Land Use & Zoning

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Council for Quality Growth (Director, Membership Committee)
• Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Quality Growth (Co-Chair, Legal and Technical Committee)
• State Bar of Georgia (Member)
• Atlanta Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Guest Lecturer, Emory University, Georgia State, 1975 - 2009
• Guest Lecturer, Mercer University, Florida State

Pro Bono Activities

• President, Druid Hills Golf Club, 1990 - 1993
• Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

Education

• Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia
  J.D.
• Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
  B.A.

Published Works

• Smart Growth and Other Land Use Law Issues, 2002
• Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 2002

Address

3500 Lenox Road, N.E.
Suite 760
Atlanta, GA 30326

Phones

(404) 965-3682

Faxes

(404) 965-3670

Emails

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Websites

http://www.dillardgallowaylaw.com
http://www.lawyers.com/Georgia/Atlanta/Dillard-and-Galloway,-LLC-