Governor Nathan Deal Appoints Tippi Burch to the Board of Community Affairs
Carolyn “Tippi” Cain Burch was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to the Board of Community Affairs. The mission of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) is to partner with communities and help create a climate of success for Georgia’s families and businesses. DCA promotes and implements community and economic development, local government assistance, and safe […]
Doug Chalmers Comments on Georgia State Employee Gift Rules
From the Savannah Morning News article: “Gift rules for state employees mostly ignored, observers say” – July 11, 2015: State workers aren’t supposed to accept anything worth more than $25, and companies that do business with the state are supposed to file annual reports of what they spend on the workers — but observers say […]
The Daily Report Covers Launch of Chalmers Pak & Burch
The July 9, 2015 edition of the Daily Report featured front-page coverage of Chalmers Pak & Burch. Here is an excerpt from the article, “3 Republican Lawyer-Politicos Start Boutique Firm.” Three politically connected Republican lawyers—Doug Chalmers, BJay Pak and Tippi Burch—have opened a new political law and litigation boutique, Chalmers Pak & Burch. The three said […]
Freedom New York enlists campaign finance lawyer Doug Chalmers to fight PAC contribution limits
From the Capital article: “New York conservatives enlist a Georgia campaign-finance lawyer” – Nov. 25, 2013: On Friday, the local attorney for Freedom New York petitioned the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, to allow Douglas Chalmers, Jr. of Atlanta to participate in the case. Chalmers specializes in campaign finance law, and was […]
Jennifer McNeely provides commentary for article on Alabama congressional campaign financing
From the AL.com article: “Mo Brooks saves up his money, leads Alabama colleagues in campaign cash” – Nov. 4, 2013: Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, was still raising campaign money in late May, just before he announced he’d be stepping down on Aug. 15. Bonner spent about $180,000 in campaign expenses in 2013. Bonner still had […]
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Business Leaders Form Independent Committee; Doug Chalmers Quoted
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution article: “Reed and business leaders form independent committee; announce candidate support” – Oct. 23, 2013: Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and members of the city’s business community have formed a new independent committee to help shape the outcome of this fall’s municipal elections. The group – Continue Atlanta’s Progress – will […]
Douglas Chalmers Comments on Texas Test of Voting Rights Act Enforcement
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution article: “DOJ targets Texas in voting rights enforcement test case” – July 25, 2013: Texas is the first battleground in the new era of Voting Rights Act enforcement, as the Obama administration launched a case that could have ramifications for Georgia and other states newly freed from automatic federal “pre-clearance” […]
House Speaker Ralston Appoints Rebecca Sullivan to the Georgia State Election Board
From the July 1, 2013 Daily Report article “Former Perdue Lawyer Named To State Election Board” State House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, has appointed a former governor’s executive counsel to the State Election Board. Rebecca Sullivan, a member of the Political Law Group headed by Doug Chalmers Jr., will join the board in September. […]
Doug Chalmers interviewed in Atlanta Business Chronicle article “Lawmakers pass loophole-riddled ethics bill”
From the Atlanta Business Chronicle article, “Lawmakers pass loophole-riddled ethics bill“- April 5, 2013: For all its loopholes, however, this year’s bill marks an important philosophical shift in how Georgia plans to address ethics in government, said Doug Chalmers, managing member of The Political Law Group LLC. “Georgia has long been a state that simply […]
Douglas Chalmers Op-Ed Published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitutional, “New Ethics Law Brings More Accountability, Transparency” Atlanta Journal-Constitution – June 15, 2010. There is nothing easy about ethics reform. As lawyers who represent elected officials (one of us is counsel to House Speaker David Ralston’s campaign committee, and the other has represented two U.S. speakers of the House), we can […]
