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Specialties: Electric Utility Law; Corporate Governance of Private and Public Entities; Eminent Domain; Business and Contract Litigation. My practice in these areas includes construction litigation and construction contract drafting, business formation, purchase and sale, and contract litigation for corporate clients. As General Counsel, I handle a full range of employment matters, student matters, election matters, open records and meetings matters, construction, civil rights issues and public debt financing in my representation of the Houston County School District for more than 25 years. I have served as General Counsel to Flint Electric Membership Corporation for more than 20 years, one of the largest electric utilities in Georgia, and become involved in a full range of contract, easement, corporate governance and electric distribution matters involving pole attachment issues, power purchase agreements and related matters. I am a registered neutral with the Georgia Commission of Alternative Dispute Resolution for domestic and civil mediation and arbitration matters.

Listed skills include Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Trial Practice, Corporate Law, and 13 others.