Dana B. Miles
Bio
Practice limited to Mediation and Arbitration of non-domestic cases and consulting/investigative work for local government.
Dana B. Miles, a founding partner of Miles Hansford Law Firm, has practiced law in Forsyth and Dawson counties for over 30 years. He specialized in general corporate and business litigation with a significant emphasis on local government law. He previously served as City Attorney for both Cumming and Dawsonville as well as representing other local governments and authorities throughout North Georgia. He has an interest and specialty practice in real estate-based litigation.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Miles received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Emory University in 1977 and his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1980. He is a dedicated Bulldog and has served as the President and as a District Representative for the Law School Alumni Council at the University of Georgia. He was active in the State Bar of Georgia having served as YLS President as a young lawyer and later in his career as chair of both the Professionalism and Uniform Rules Committees.
Upon retirement from the firm, he and his wife relocated to east Georgia where they split their time between a farm in Madison and a home on Law Oconee. He is a certified mediator and has continued to conduct both mediations and arbitrations. In addition, he has done both consulting and investigative work primarily for small businesses and local governments in Georgia.
Areas of Practice
- Mediation/Arbitration
- Consultation/Investigation
Awards
Employment
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1980
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1997
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
- Juris Doctor - 1980
- Emory University
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1977
- Major: Economics
Professional Associations & Memberships
- Forsyth County Rotary Club, President
- Blue Ridge Bar Association
- Forsyth County Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia, Executive Committee
- State Bar of Georgia, President of the Young Lawyers Section
- State Bar of Georgia, Chair of the Professionalism Committee
- State Bar of Georgia, Member of the Disciplinary Review Panel and the Disciplinary Investigative Panel
- State Bar of Georgia, Board of Trustees of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- State Bar of Georgia, Chair of Uniform Rules Committee
- University of Georgia Law School Alumni Council, President and District Representative
- Board of the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce, Chairman
- Founding Class of Leadership Forsyth, Member
- Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission
- Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism
Representative Cases
- Fox v. City of Cumming, 289 Ga.App. 803, 2008, Ga. Ct. App.
- Pistacchio v. Frasso, 314 Ga.App. 119, 2012, Ga. Ct. App.
- Tisdale v. City of Cumming, 326 Ga.App. 19, 2014, Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Reny v. Sneed, 285 Ga.App. 722, 2007, Ga. Ct. App.
- Shaw v. Ruiz, 207 Ga.App. 299, 1993, Ga. Ct. App.
- Forsyth County v. Martin, 279 Ga. 215, 2005, Ga.
- Meek v. Mallory and Evans, Inc., 318 Ga.App. 407, 2012, Ga. Ct. App.
- Martha K. Wayt Trust v. City of Cumming, Martha K. Wayt Trust v. City of Cumming, 2010, Ga. Ct. App.
- Ishak v. Lanier Contractor’s Supply Co., Inc., 254 Ga.App. 237, 2002, Ga. Ct. App.
- Singh v. Sterling United, Inc., 326 Ga.App. 504, 2014, Ga. Ct. App.
Past Representative Clients
- City of Cumming
- City of Dawsonville
- Towns County Water and Sewerage Authority
- Mallory & Evans Development, LLC
- Forsyth Dental Partners, Inc.
- Dixie Speedway, Inc.
Current Church and Civic Activities
- Pleasant Methodist Church, Madison
- Rotary Club of Greene and Putnam County
- Captains for Clean Water
Fraternities/Sororities
- Sigma Nu