Dana B. Miles

Semi-Retired, Of Counsel

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, Canada, 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 Lake 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