Mr. Christian Goodloe Henry, Co-Chair Related Seminars and Products

Hall Booth Smith PC

Mr. Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel Related Seminars and Products

Georgia Municipal Association

Rusi Patel is General Counsel with the Georgia Municipal Association where, in addition to providing legal advice to the Association, he conducts trainings and prepares publications on various topics important to cities, helps Georgia city officials and city attorneys navigate Georgia laws, and provides legal support to the Association’s lobbying staff at the Georgia State Capitol every legislative session. Through his work at the Georgia Legislature he has worked extensively with legislators, state agencies, and non-profit groups in Georgia.

In 2012 he was awarded the Daniel J. Curtin Young Public Lawyer Award by the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) and in 2019 he was awarded the Outstanding State League Counsel Award from IMLA. He was appointed as the GMA General Counsel in 2019 after previously serving as the Senior Associate General Counsel. Prior to working with the Georgia Municipal Association, he was the Assistant City Attorney and City Solicitor in Brunswick, Georgia.

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia with honors in English and History and his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law. He currently resides with his wife Monisa Chakraborty and sons Rali and Kainoa Patel in Atlanta.

Mr. Andrew Jackson Welch III Related Seminars and Products

Smith Welch Webb & White LLC

Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, was born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in McDonough. He graduated from Presbyterian College in 1994 where he received a Bachelor of Science with honors in biology. After college, Mr. Welch served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana, West Africa.

In 1997, Mr. Welch entered Vermont Law School. He also held a summer internship with the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, D.C. Mr. Welch served as Editor-in-Chief of the school’s online environmental law journal and received academic honors for his performance in the school’s moot court competition. Mr. Welch graduated from Vermont Law School with a Juris Doctor and Masters of Studies in Environmental Law.

After law school, Mr. Welch clerked for the U.S. Magistrate Judges for the Northern District of New York. Thereafter, Mr. Welch practiced with Devorsetz Stinziano Gilberti Heintz & Smith in Syracuse, New York where his practice primarily focused on zoning and land use law.

Shauna Billingsley Related Seminars and Products

Shauna R. Billingsley is the City Attorney for the City of Franklin, and she has served in that capacity since her appointment in February 2010. Mrs. Billingsley has worked for the City since 2007 when she was hired as Assistant City Attorney, and she served in the capacity of Interim City Attorney from January 2008 until her appointment to City Attorney. She previously worked for the State of Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, and prior to that she practiced law in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, focusing primarily on business litigation and family law issues. She is a native of Johnson City, Tennessee, and graduated from Texas A&M Law School in May 2003. Mrs. Billingsley is licensed to practice law in both Tennessee and Texas. She is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association (where she serves on the House of Delegates as Speaker of the House as well as other committees), Texas Bar Association, American Bar Association, Williamson County Bar Association (where she served as President), Nashville Bar Association, Tennessee Municipal Attorney Association, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association (where she serves as a Board member). She is a fellow with the International Municipal Attorneys Association, American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, and Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers. She is an alumnus of the Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law and Young Lawyers Board. Mrs. Billingsley frequently presents at conferences and seminars on municipal law matters.

Mrs. Billingsley is an active member of the Franklin Rotary at Breakfast (where she served as President) and she is an alumnus of Leadership Franklin. Mrs. Billingsley has serves or has served on numerous community boards including Waves, Inc. and Feed America First, Nashville Children’s Theatre, Breast Cancer Recovery in Action, and Centennial High School Parent Teacher Association (VP).

Mrs. Billingsley spends her free time with her husband, Sam, and her two children, Claire and Luke.

Eric Stuckey Related Seminars and Products

Eric Stuckey has served as City Administrator for the City of Franklin since January 1, 2009. As the City’s top administrative official, Mr. Stuckey oversees day-to-day operations and works with the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) to chart the strategic direction of the City. Since joining the City of Franklin, Mr. Stuckey has worked closely with the Board to adopt wide-ranging financial policies that have helped the City obtain the highest possible bond ratings (triple-A) from both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. His efforts have also focused on providing long term planning for the organization and community, responsive local government, and cost-effective service delivery. In recent years, the City of Franklin has received numerous awards including All America City recognition in 2020 by the National Civic League (the first Tennessee City to receive this prestigious recognition since the 1990’s). Franklin is consistently rated as one of the best places to live in America by publications such as USA Today, Fortune Magazine, Money Magazine, and Livability.

Eric’s 30-year public service career has included service as Assistant County Administrator for Hamilton County, Ohio (Cincinnati, Ohio), Assistant City Manager and Budget Director for the City of Elgin, Illinois and service in the City of Dayton, Ohio’s Office of Management and Budget. Mr. Stuckey is a cum laude graduate of Miami University (Ohio) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Eric also earned a Master of Public Administration degree with honors from the University of Kansas. Eric is active in his profession having served as President of the Tennessee City Management Association (2019-2020) and is currently a Vice President representing the Southeastern United States on the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Executive Board. Eric was named City Manager of the Year by the Tennessee City Management Association in 2023. Eric is also active in the community working in various service and leadership positions including the United Way of Greater Nashville Executive Board and the Williamson County Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.

Eric and his wife, Lisa, have been married for 35 years. Lisa serves as a Literacy coach at Sunset Middle School in Williamson County and was recognized as Williamson County Middle School Teacher of the Year in 2018. Lisa and Eric have two children who both graduated from Franklin High School. Beth, a graduate of Ohio State University and Belmont University (Doctorate), is an Occupational Therapist living in Spring Hill, TN. Scott is an Emergency Medicine Resident Physician at Ohio State University.

Outside of his work life, Eric enjoys sports, exercise, reading, and travel.  Eric summited Mount Kilimanjaro with his brothers, Kent and Doug, a few years.  He also claimed the mirror ball trophy from the Nashville Dancing with the Stars competition (a fund raising, ballroom dancing competition benefitting Feed America First).

Michael Walters Young Related Seminars and Products

City of Franklin, Tennessee

Michael Walters Young is a native Kansan who has over a quarter century experience in local government in Kansas, Massachusetts and Tennessee. He possesses a Master Degree in Public Administration from the School of Public Affairs and Administration at the University of Kansas. An award-winning city budget and finance expert, he currently serves as a member of the City of Franklin, Tennessee’s Leadership Team as the Chief Budget & Performance Officer. He also spearheads a statewide performance measurement collaborative – The Benchmarking Alliance of Tennessee – for Tennessee municipalities. He is active in many professional associations, currently serving ICMA (as a Welcome Ambassador), TCMA (Co-Chair of the Membership  Committee), GFOA (serving as a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award reviewer), TGFOA, Kansas University City Manager and Trainees (KUCIMAT) (serving as a Board Member), and as an adjunct faculty member and recently served as Co-Practioner-In Residence for the MPA Class of 2022 – both at his alma mater of KU. In 2023 he was named the inaugural winner of the of the KUCIMAT Career Mentoring Award. In his spare time, he serves as Treasurer of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Franklin, cooks for his brilliant wife, Dr. Laine Walters Young, and tries to keep up with his rambunctious First Grader, Theodore. 

Michael is a passionate communitarian who believes in the power of local government to be a positive and transformative building block in the American democracy.

Mr. James E. Elliott Jr. Related Seminars and Products

Butler Snow LLP

Jim is a member of Butler Snow’s Public Finance, Tax Incentives and Credit Markets group. 

Mr. Ryan Robert Bowersox Related Seminars and Products

Georgia Municipal Association

Ryan Bowersox is the Assistant General Counsel for the Georgia Municipal Association working on behalf of GMA and Georgia’s 536 cities. Ryan previously served as a Governmental Relations Associate for GMA where he advocated in the interest of Georgia’s cities at the state level. Prior to joining the GMA, Ryan worked for the Georgia State Senate Research Office as a Senior Policy Analyst where he assisted and advised in the passage of legislation relating to taxation, economic development, and banking law.

Ryan holds a J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law where he served on Moot Court and as an editor of the Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law. Ryan holds degrees in both Political Science and Advertising from the University of Georgia. He has lived in Georgia since 2000 and currently resides in Chamblee, Georgia with his wife, Erica and dog, Riley.

Mr. Blake Alan Travis Related Seminars and Products

Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG)

Blake Travis joined ACCG’s Legal Department in December 2023, after nearly ten years as an attorney in the Office of Legislative Counsel where he advised and drafted legislation for the members of the Georgia General Assembly, primarily in the areas of tax, retirement, and economic development.

Prior to his work with the General Assembly, Blake served as Assistant Regional Counsel for the National Association of Government Employees and as a Staff Attorney for the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings. 

Blake lives and was raised in the Atlanta metropolitan area.  He attended Wake Forest University for his undergraduate degree, obtained his law degree from the University of Georgia, and earned a Master of Public Administration from Georgia State University.

Ms. Kristen Lea Settlemire Related Seminars and Products

Georgia Department of Law

Kristen Settlemire is a Senior Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Education, Local Government, and Judiciary Section at the Georgia Department of Law. In this role, Kristen leads the Attorney General's Open Government Mediation Program, along with representing various state agency clients, including the Georgia Department of Education and the University System of Georgia. Kristen is admitted to practice law in Georgia, New York, and New Jersey. Kristen graduated from Wake Forest University cum laude in 2007 and from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2012. Kristen is also a doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia in Educational Administration and Policy and serves on the Board of Directors for the Junior League of Atlanta, Inc. Kristen resides in Atlanta with her husband, Christian Fuller, and their two corgis, Ava and Scout.

Jennifer Guerrero Related Seminars and Products

Assistant City Attorney

City of San Antonio

Jennifer is an Assistant City Attorney for the City of San Antonio in the Commercial Division. For more than 6 years, Jennifer has specialized in and is the lead attorney for all intellectual property matters and information technology contracts for the City. She is also the lead attorney for the City’s Office of Innovation.

Jennifer earned her Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, her hometown, and her Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s Law School in San Antonio, Texas. She now calls San Antonio her home, where she has resided since 2013.

Emily Royall Related Seminars and Products

Emily works at the intersection of public administration and technology to build greater public oversight over smart city technologies and the data that powers them. She is currently Smart Cities Administrator in the Information & Technology Services Department for the City of San Antonio (her hometown), where she leads a team to execute San Antonio’s “Smarter Together” Smart Cities initiative and supports a multi-stakeholder smart city partnership called “SmartSA”. Emily currently serves as Vice Chair of United for Smart and Sustainable Cities, an international collaborative platform led by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), UNECE and UN-Habitat. She is also Co-Chair of the Policy Working Group for the GovAI Coalition, a network of over 150 public agencies in the United States working to promote responsible and purposeful AI in the public sector.

Previously Emily advised UN-Habitat’s “People-Centered Smart Cities Flagship Program” and authored six UN playbooks on smart cities for local governments. Emily’s professional experience spans academic, non-profit, and government agencies including working at City Form Labs a Singapore-based smart cities laboratory, the Massachusetts Office of Information Technology (MassIT). She has several years of public sector experience in digital transformation governance and implementation.  

Emily has published and presented her work in national and international forums including UN-Habitat, StateScoop, UrbanAI, and GovTech Magazine, as well as the World Urban Forum 11th Session and Smart City World Expo. Across her portfolio, Emily strives deliver public services that maximize transparency, security, equity, and accessibility for all. Emily holds a Masters in City Design & Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mr. Christopher Dean Balch Related Seminars and Products

Balch Law Group

Chris Balch has more than 30 years of experience bridging gaps and building consensus so local government leaders can navigate complex legal matters, encourage economic development, and foster community investment. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, where he was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal and the Good Conduct Medal, Chris brings the skills, discipline, and mission focus he learned to the challenges and opportunities your community faces.

Chris is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and Mercer University Law School. He clerked for United States District Judge Duross Fitzpatrick in the Middle District of Georgia for 2 years before entering private practice. He moved to Atlanta in 1996.

He is also an acknowledged and sought-after expert and speaker at programs for local government lawyers across the Country. His legal scholarship regularly appears in newsletters and professional journals, including Municipal Lawyer. He is an IMLA Local Government Fellow and former member of the IMLA Board of Directors. He has been the chair or co-chair of the Litigation Committee for IMLA since 2020. He served as City Attorney for the City of Brookhaven for 8 years and has represented local government officials and law enforcement officers throughout his career.  

Mr. Larry Wayne Ramsey Jr. Related Seminars and Products

Association County Commissioners of Georgia

Larry Ramsey is a local government attorney with extensive legal experience in areas including litigation, zoning, taxation and finance, legislation, intergovernmental relations, elections, constitutional issues, ethics, public procurement, and public works.

Sam Krishnan Related Seminars and Products

Sam Krishnan is the IT manager for Digital Services at DeKalb County, Georgia. In this capacity, he leads a team responsible for a large portfolio of applications including the county’s website, intranet, document management and public works enterprise systems.  He has extensive experience in digital transformation with a focus on cloud migration, workforce reskilling and advanced technology research in a government context. His principal interests are in understanding how municipal governments can use cloud-based & emerging technologies like AI to significantly boost effectiveness and provide lower-cost services. Sam has an MBA from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, an MS in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State University and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester, NY.

Mr. Wesley Calvin Jackson Related Seminars and Products

Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP

Wes Jackson practices in the Government and Tort and Catastrophic Loss National Practice Sections of the firm in the Atlanta Office. Mr. Jackson is also Vice-Chair of the firm's Government Law national practice section. Mr. Jackson focuses his practice on defending local governments and their officers against federal civil rights claims and related state-law claims.

Mr. Jackson has tried cases in state and federal courts in Georgia. He has argued appeals before the Georgia Court of Appeals and Eleventh Circuit concerning issues of qualified immunity, sovereign immunity, Fourth Amendment claims, and negligent road maintenance.

Mr. Jackson has defended many cities, counties, sheriffs, deputies, and police officers in a variety of high-profile cases involving excessive force, false arrest, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, high-speed pursuits, and conditions of confinement in local jails. He has also defended businesses against a variety of tort claims including premises liability, negligent security, dog bites, defamation, and products liability.

Wes Jackson received a B.A. in English and a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia, where he graduated with High Honors from the Honors Program. He then received his J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School. While in law school, Mr. Jackson served as an Articles Editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review and a teaching assistant for the Legal Research and Writing program.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Jackson worked for one year as a public defender in Nashville, Tennessee. He then clerked for the Honorable Lisa Godbey Wood in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Mr. Arash Ali Sabzevari Related Seminars and Products

Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP

Ali Sabzevari is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary's Atlanta office and practices in the firm's Government Liability and Commercial Litigation practice teams.  Ali is also Co-Chair of the firm's Fair Housing and HOA national practice teams. As part of his Government practice, Ali represents local government entities, including counties and municipalities, in state and federal lawsuits involving a wide range of claims, including civil rights and personal injury. He has represented clients in several high-profile cases at both the trial and appellate levels. Ali has been named in Georgia Super Lawyers – Rising Stars and recognized on the Benchmark Litigation “40 & Under Hot List.” Ali received his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law, magna cum laude. While at UGA, Ali served as an advocate on Georgia Law’s Mock Trial team and was selected to serve as a pupil in the Chattahoochee Inn of Court. Also while at UGA, Ali interned for Congressman Jack Kingston in Washington, D.C. and the Honorable Richard W. Story of the Northern District of Georgia. As a result of his academic success, Ali was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Ms. Donna Coleman Stribling Related Seminars and Products

DeKalb County Solicitor General's Office

Donna Coleman-Stribling was first elected in 2016 and then again re-elected in 2020. She leads an office of more than 100 staff members and is responsible for handling more than 13,000 misdemeanor cases including domestic violence cases, DUI cases, stalking, and petty theft matters. In addition, her office handles more than 150,000 ordinance and traffic violations annually.

Prior to serving as the Solicitor-General, she served the citizens of DeKalb County as the Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney over the Crimes Against Children Unit, where she managed more than 400 cases annually. She has also practiced in the civil arena. In 2005, She was a partner at Johnson, Coleman and Stephenson, LLC., and then later the principal in the Coleman-Stribling Law Group, where she represented clients in a variety of civil and criminal matters. In addition to her extensive trial and management experience, Solicitor-General Coleman-Stribling has substantial training experience. This veteran prosecutor has been selected as a speaker for numerous seminars ranging from the prosecution of child abuse cases to effective trial techniques where she has presented to lawyers, law enforcement,and other professionals. She has also served as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law and Southern Polytechnic State University, where she taught litigation techniques and business law courses.

While Solicitor Coleman-Stribling is an accomplished attorney, she remains committed to bridging the legal and local communities. In 2019 she was appointed to the State Bar of Georgia’s Board of Governors for the Stone Mountain Circuit and continuously serves on the State Bar of Georgia’s Committee to Promote Inclusion in the Profession. She is an active member of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA), the DeKalb Lawyers Association, National Council of Negro Women, and Cooper Inn of Court. She is an alumnus of both Leadership DeKalb and Leadership Atlanta. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc and Jack and Jill, Inc. In her tenure as the Solicitor, she has received numerous awards including Solicitor of the Year in 2021 from the Georgia Association of Solicitors-General, Solicitor of the Year in 2021from the Georgia Association of Black County Officials, Hope for Tomorrow Award from the International Women’s House in 2019, and the Community Service Award from Davis Bozeman Law firm in 2018.

Under the leadership of Solicitor Coleman-Stribling, the office focuses on pursuing justice by being victim-centered and community oriented.With this mission in mind, she created Dancing with the DeKalb Stars, A Domestic Violence Awareness Fundraiser and Resource Expo,to educate the community about domestic violence and provide resources to domestic violence survivors. Since its inception, Dancing with the DeKalb Stars has raised over $100,000 for victims of domestic violence.

Solicitor Coleman-Stribling received her undergraduate degree from Xavier University of Louisiana and earned her Juris Doctorate from Emory University School of Law. She credits her father, Dr. Thomas Coleman, a retired State Executive with sparking her interest in government and law. She is married to David Stribling and together they have 3 children Daphnie, Daniel, and Dylan.

Mr. Terry Grandison Related Seminars and Products

Law Office of McLaughlin & Ream

Terry Grandison is an attorney with over twenty-five years of trial, litigation, transactional, and legislative experience. He is a zealous advocate who brings a wealth of experience and exceptional insight into the practice of law. Mr. Grandison earned his Juris Doctorate Degree from the Mercer University School of Law, where he was a Patricia Roberts Harris Fellow. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of South Alabama.

Mr. Grandison serves as Deputy Chief for the Quality-of-Life Unit in the Office of the DeKalb County Solicitor-General. In this position, he prosecutes all cases involving code violations, blight, nuisance, and other issues that may plague a community or business in DeKalb County.

Prior to his work in DeKalb, Mr. Grandison served as an Assistant County Attorney in the Fulton County Attorney’s Office for eleven years. In this role, Mr. Grandison represented Fulton County Government departments in a variety of subject matter areas, including real estate purchase and land acquisition, personal injury, drafting of complex ground leases and contracts, drafting of resolutions and ordinances, personnel administrative hearings, arbitrations, and Section 1983 litigation. 

While with Fulton County Government, Mr. Grandison was involved in all phases of litigation, trial, and appellate practice in state and federal courts. He has also served as lead counsel to obtain successful defense verdicts in the areas of constitutional law, personal injury, personnel, and employment law. Further, he served as in-house counsel to the Fulton County Department of Real Estate and Asset Management, Fulton County Airport (Charlie Brown Airport), and Fulton County/City of Atlanta Land Bank Authority. Mr. Grandison was selected as a member of the Urban Land Institute Center for Leadership Class of 2017.

Before working with the Fulton County Attorney’s Office, Mr. Grandison worked as Assistant City Attorney in the City of Atlanta’s Department of Law. Mr. Grandison is also a veteran of the United States Navy

In his free time, Mr. Grandison is actively involved in his church ministry and spends time with his family.

Mr. Terry Gerard Phillips Related Seminars and Products

DeKalb County Law Department

Terry Phillips is a Deputy County Attorney for the DeKalb County Law Department where he helps manage the office of over 30 staff members.  He provides advice and counsel to County officials, boards and departments, including the Chief Executive Officer, Board of Commissioners, Board of Registration and Elections, Public Safety, Public Works, Human Resources, Finance, Purchasing and Contracting, and Public Information Office.  Highlights of his practice include supervising in-rem litigation, the elections team, the County’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and intergovernmental relations and contracting with federal and state agencies, as well as local municipalities, SPLOST and E-HOST, media relations, and compliance with open records and open meeting requirements. 

Mr. Phillips has practiced law in Georgia since 1995 and represented DeKalb County since 1998, including serving as Judge Pro Hac Vice, staff attorney for the Police Department, and Assistant Director of Purchasing, Contracting, and Legal Affairs.  He is a proud graduate of Southwest DeKalb High School and Howard University.  He studied Constitutional Interpretation under United States Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun at the Universite D’Aix-Marseille, Faculte de Droit, in Aix-en-Provence, France and earned the degree of Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University, where he was appointed to Wex S. Malone American Inn of Court for his outstanding performance in trial advocacy.  He has earned certification as a Certified Public Purchasing Officer by the National Institute of Government Procurement and a Certified Contract Compliance Officer from the American Contract Compliance Association.  His associations include serving as President of both the DeKalb Bar Association and DeKalb Lawyers Association, a State Bar of Georgia Unlicensed Practice of Law District 4 Committee Member, and Leadership DeKalb. He has also served as a consultant and/or volunteer to a number of organizations, including the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta’s Volunteer Involvement Program, DeKalb County Chiefs’ Association, Inc. and DeKalb County PAL Plus, Inc.  He is most proud of and thankful for his lovely wife and their two children.

Ms. Laura Anthony Denton Related Seminars and Products

Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson LLP

Laura advises and represents private and governmental organizations in employment disputes brought in federal and state courts, including claims by individuals and class and collective actions. In addition to her litigation practice, Laura frequently guides clients through day-to-day labor and employment situations, investigate workplace incidents, and conducts training.

Born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, Laura graduated from the University of Georgia with degrees in political science and psychology before moving to Macon, where she graduated first in her class at Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law. After law school, she clerked for District Judge Clay Land in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia and then entered private practice in Nashville, Tennessee, where she gained experience serving clients on a range of employment matters at a boutique employment law firm. In 2011, Laura jumped at the opportunity to return to Georgia and join Elarbee Thompson.

Laura lives in Decatur with her husband, Alec, and their son, Murray. Outside the office, you will find Laura spending time with her family and friends, watching UGA sports, and going to Taylor Swift concerts.

Mr. Robert Matthew Reeves Related Seminars and Products

Andersen Tate & Carr PC

Matt Reeves is a partner at Andersen, Tate & Carr in Gwinnett County and has experience representing property owners and business owners in condemnation matters. Matt is a former President of the Gwinnett County Bar Association and graduated from UGA School of Law and Mercer University. He represents Suwanee, Sugar Hill & Duluth in the Georgia House of Representatives. 

 

Mr. Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter Related Seminars and Products

Jarrard & Davis LLP

Patrick D. Jaugstetter is a partner in the law firm of Jarrard & Davis, LLP. Patrick’s practice touches on all facets of local state government law, focusing on general litigation, eminent domain, land use matters, and employment law. In addition to his local government practice, Patrick also serves as a Special Assistant Legislative Counsel representing the Georgia General Assembly in various matters ranging from election and redistricting litigation to employment law. In addition, Patrick currently serves as County Attorney for Newton County, Georgia and City Attorney for eh City of Fayetteville, Georgia. Patrick received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Georgia and his Juris Doctor degree from Georgia State University. Patrick is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is admitted to practice in all state and superior Courts in Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

patrickj@jarrard-davis.com

Ms. Priya Mahendra Patel Related Seminars and Products

Jarrard & Davis, LLP

Priya Patel's practice areas encompass various facets of local government law with a particular focus on eminent domain, general litigation, ordinance drafting, and providing counsel to municipalities and counties.  Mrs. Patel received her Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Georgia and received her Juris Doctor from Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law. Prior to joining Jarrard & Davis, LLP, Mrs. Patel practiced as a senior associate, specializing in local government law and estate/probate law. Mrs. Patel is admitted to practice law in Georgia and Illinois. 

Mr. Carlos Alberto Encinas Related Seminars and Products

Akerman LLP

Carlos Encinas is the Owner of Encinas Law LLC.  He represents public and private sector clients in connection with development and infrastructure projects and has served in various counsel roles, including as bond counsel, underwriters' counsel, issuer's counsel, authority counsel, bank counsel, trustee's counsel, P3 counsel, and developer's counsel.  

Having previously served as an assistant city attorney and as an attorney-advisor fellow with a federal agency, Encinas has unique and in-depth experience in the areas of public finance, 501c3 finance, infrastructure public-private partnerships, and economic development.  He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and serves as Chair of the Government Relations and Strategic Planning Committee of the Georgia Government Finance Officers Association's Board of Directors.

Encinas graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law with a J.D. and an LL.M. in commercial real estate, and he served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Computer and Information Law. He graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with an undergraduate degree in political science.