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Credentials

Dana B. Miles

Retired, Of Counsel

Dana B. Miles, a founding partner of Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC, has practiced law in Forsyth and Dawson counties for over 30 years. He specializes in general corporate and business litigation with a significant emphasis on local government law. The firm serves 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 District Representative for the Law School Alumni Council at the University of Georgia.

Areas of Practice

Awards

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
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.

Representative Clients

City of Cumming
City of Dawsonville
Mallory & Evans Development, LLC
Forsyth Dental Partners, Inc.

Pro Bono Activities

Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, Member

Fraternities/Sororities

Sigma Nu

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