Walker
Lawrence Chandler, Personal Resume
Born:
June 8, 1948 Atlanta, Georgia
Wife:
Ruth Goeller Chandler of Charleston, W.V. Agnes Scott
College, ’70, B.A. Economics. Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta, 1970-79. Mayor, City of Zebulon, Georgia,
1988-1991. Member, Lions Club of Pike County.
Children:
Canada, Zebulon Kelly, Alexander
Parents:
Dr. C. L. Chandler, Jr., and Maymi Walker Chandler.
Residence:
120 West Jackson Street, Apt. 3, Zebulon, GA 30295
Office:
120 West Jackson Street, Suites1-3, Zebulon, GA 30295
Telephone:
(770) 567-3882, FAX: (770) 567-0225
BRIEF
HISTORY:
Born
in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1948, attended Morris Brandon
Elementary and Georgia Military Academy (’66);
grew up in Northwest Atlanta and attended Trinity Presbyterian
Church. Eagle Scout (’61); attended World Jamboree
in Greece (’63); lived in Charlottesville, Virginia
(’66-’70); San Diego, California (’70-’71);
Macon, Georgia (’72-’75); moved to Zebulon,
Georgia, in ’75.
Church:
Member of Friendship Presbyterian Church, Concord, Georgia.
Boy
Scouts: Eagle Scout Badge (’61); Scoutmaster:
’73-’74; ’76-’79; ’88-’89;
currently serving as Asst. Scoutmaster, Troop 123.
Kiwanis
Club of Pike County: long-time member; club president
1999.
Hobbies
& Sports: former member, Mercer University Pipes
and Drums band (piper), piano, chess, Scrabble, photography,
writing, horseback riding, soccer, badminton, inline
hockey, swimming, hiking.
Education:
Georgia Military Academy, ’66; University
of Virginia, ’70. B.A. in Foreign Affairs;
Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, ’75,
J.D.
Languages:
Spanish, some Swedish, some Russian.
Professional
Organizations and Qualifications:
Admitted
to State Bar of Georgia in 1975
Member:
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member:
Griffin Bar Association ’75-’97; Admitted
to practice in the appellate courts of Georgia as well
as to the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Northern
Districts of Georgia, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals,
U.S. Supreme Court
Member,
Voluntary Committee of Lawyers (New York-based advocacy
group of lawyers opposing current drug policies)
Georgia
coordinator, F.E.A.R. (Forfeiture
Endangers American Rights)
Cases
of Note:
State
v. Mitchell (Spalding Superior Court, 1996): Charges:
murder, aggravated stalking and assault. Verdict: acquittal.
Bergland
v. Harris (11th Cir.) 767 F.2d. 1551 (1985): Ballot
access case. Result: lowered ballot requirements
Chandler
v. Miller, ___U.S.___ (1997): Drug testing of candidates
for political office. Result: 8-1 reversal holding law
unconstitutional.
Recent
Seminars attended: Note: [ CLE Hrs/Ethics /Trial/Professionalism]
Winter
Seminar – Defense Issues of the ’90s (1/94)
Winter
Seminar –(1/95) [10/1/3/1]
ADR/3
Alternative Dispute Resolution – (3/95) [3/0/3/0]
Indigent
Defense (3/95) [ 6/0/2/0]
Defending
a Battered Person, 3 day Seminar—(6/96) [13/1/4/1]
Fall
Seminar, GACDL—(11/96) [10/1/3/1]
Drug
Defense Issues (12/96) [ 6/1/3/0]
DUI
Law Update (7/97) [ 4/0/2/0]
Annual
Real Property Law Seminar(10/97) [ 6/1/0/0]
GACDL
Fall Seminar (Drug Issues) (11/97)
Criminal
Law 5th & 6th Amendments (9/3/99)
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