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Mr. Douglas Chalmers, Jr.

FSB Legal Counsel
Sustaining Member
Office:

4555 Mansell Road, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30022

Phone: 770-630-5927
Email: chalmers@fsblegal.com
Web Site: www.fsblegal.com

Law School: Duke (1995)

Practice Areas:

Election Law
Ethics
Insurance

Doug Chalmers is a litigator and a leading authority in the area of federal and state political law. A former partner in the political law and litigation practice groups of McKenna Long & Aldridge, Doug advises corporations, political action committees, elected officials, candidates, political parties and lobbyists on federal and state laws regulating government contracting and ethics, lobbying, campaign finance and elections.

Doug has successfully defended numerous clients in high-profile cases before the State Ethics Commission. He has also represented clients before the Federal Election Commission. His clients have included the former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; Georgia’s Governor, Speaker of the House, Senate President, and Senate and House Majority Leaders; and the Georgia Republican Party.

In his litigation practice, Doug has represented Fortune 500 and other corporations in securities fraud, consumer fraud and RICO class actions in federal and state court. He has had an active insurance practice, representing insurers and reinsurers in high profile and complex matters related to insurance and reinsurance coverage. Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine have recognized Doug as a Georgia Super Lawyer Rising Star.

Doug is also active in civic affairs. Governor Perdue appointed him to the Board of Directors of the Georgia Department of Driver Services, and he currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Board. He is Secretary of the Republican National Lawyers Association, and Chairman of the RNLA's Georgia chapter. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Federalist Society’s Free Speech and Election Law Practice Group. Doug is also Chairman of Georgia Lawyers for McCain-Palin, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Georgia Republican Party Foundation.

Doug received his undergraduate and law degrees from Duke University. He was an editor of the Duke Law Journal and a member of the Moot Court Board, and he received the James S. Bidlake Award for Superior Achievement in Legal Research and Writing. He clerked for Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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