W. Douglas Divine
doug@dfdpclaw.com

Practice Areas:

• Real Estate
• Commercial Law
• 1031 Exchanges
• Business Law
• Representation of Creditors,
  including Collections and Bankruptcy Proceedings
• Corporations

Education:

Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D. May, 1980).
     Valdosta State College (B.A. August, 1977)
     Major: Political Science

Admissions to Practice:

Licensed to practice Law in the State of Georgia on June 9, 1980.
Licensed to practice before the Court of Appeals
     and the Supreme Court of Georgia on November 10, 1982.
Licensed to practice in the United States District Court, June 1983.

Legal Background:

Member Georgia Bar Association, Member Worker's Compensation Section Georgia Bar Association; General Trial Practice Section Real Estate Section Georgia Bar Association; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Dougherty County Bar Association. Admitted to practice Georgia State and Superior Courts, June 1980. Admitted to practice Georgia Courts of Appeals, November, 1982. Admitted to practice Supreme Court of Georgia, November 1982.  Admitted to United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia, June 1983.
Certified Arbitrator for Court Annexed Arbitration Program, U.S. District Court.
Certified Arbitrator, State of Georgia, Supreme Court Office of Dispute Resolution, March 30,1994; approved Arbitrator, U.S.A. & M., 1993; approved Arbitrator for Dougherty County Superior Court ADR Program, March, 1993.

Civil Law Experience:

General trial practice in State and Superior Courts. Civil appellate practice before Georgia Court of Appeals. Criminal appellate practice before Georgia Court of Appeals. General trial practice in the U.S District Courts. Arbitrator, U.S. District Court. Arbitrator, Dougherty County Court Program. Arbitrator, Georgia Supreme Court  Program. Bankruptcy litigation in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Georgia.  Bankruptcy litigation in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia.  Probate Court practice and litigation. 

Civic Activities

March of Dimes Board of Directors 1986-1992;
Member Five Division Consolidation Steering Committee 1991-1992;
     Chair of  Nominating Committee, 1990-1992;
Volunteer, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association 1988-present.

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