Parks, J. Douglas, P.C., lawyers in Dahlonega, GA, Georgia

Georgia Attorney Doug Parks has earned a Bachelors degree from Emory University, a Masters degree from Georgia Tech in City Planning, and a law degree from Emory University. He is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association and the Georgia Bar. Professional experience includes three years with the University of Georgia in Athens in the areas of institutional research, construction activities and campus planning, and following that established a private practice in which real estate, banking, commercial and residential lending, foreclosures, workouts, land use and zoning all comprise significant components of his work. Other activities include estate planning and overall general practice. He has maintained a principal office in Dahlonega, Georgia, for the past twenty years, as well as satellite and project offices in Buckhead, Cumming and Gainesville as conditions required during that time. International activities have included matters involving utilities in Spain and Latin America, as well as work on behalf of Ancore, an international security firm.

Practice Areas: Banking; Foreclosures; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Energy; Lender Liability; Loan Workouts; Local Government Law; Public Policy; Environmental; General Practice.

Admitted: 1972, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Emory University, J.D.

College: Emory University, B.B.A.; Georgia Tech University, MCP

Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; International Municipal Law Association.

Reported Cases: Fernandez v. Bank of Dahlonega 217 Ga. App. 739 (1995) 459 SE 2d 424; Trammell v. Eberhardt 162 Ga. App. 753 (1982) 293 SE 2d 32; Preferred Risk Mutual v. Thomas 153, Ga. App. 154 (1980) 264 SE 2d 262; Ralston v. City of Dahlonega 236 Ga. App. 386 (1999) 512, S.E. 2d 300; Longino v. Bank of Ellijay 228 Ga. App. 37 (1997) 491 S.E. 2d 81; Georgia First Bank v. Mathis 227 Ga. App. 769 (1997) 490 S.E. 2d 439; In The interest of K.R.C. 235 Ga. App. 354 (1998) 510 S.e. 2d 547; Spainhour v. Knight 152 Ga. App. 861 (1980) 264 S.E. 2d 310; Stephens v. Tate Ga. App. 366 249 S.E. 2d 92; Fetzer v. Fetzer 240 Ga. 862 242 S.E. 2d 597; Whitmer v. Thurman 241 Ga. 569 247 S.E. 2d 104; Brock v. Hall County 239 Ga. 160 236 S.E. 2d 90.

Born: Gainesville, Georgia