Honors & Awards

• Board Certified Specialist– Legal Malpractice by American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, 2012-2022
• The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 — Civil Plaintiff Attorneys, 2018-2020
• Georgia Supreme Court Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee for Judicial Administrative District 5, 2003-2009
• Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite, 2012-2015, 2020-2021
• Atlanta Magazine’s Super Lawyers, The Top 100 Georgia Attorneys Professional Liability Plaintiff, 2015-2022
• Atlanta Magazine’s Super Lawyers, Professional Liability Plaintiff, 2012, 2014-2022
• Atlanta Magazine’s Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2005-2007, 2009-2010
• State Bar of Georgia’s Inaugural Young Lawyer Ethics & Professionalism Award, 2005
• Barrister in the Bleckley American Inn of Court, 2003-2005

Publications

• Chandler, Douglas V. (2021). Minnows and Sharks: Lawyers’ Quick Reference for Reducing Risk and Avoiding Trouble. Alpharetta, Georgia, BookLogix.

Speaking Engagements

• Co-presenter, Mediating Legal Malpractice Claims, Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Georgia, 2022
• Co-presenter, Ethics Tonight, An ALPS Property & Casualty Insurance Company Ethics and Professionalism Program, 2021, 2022
• Presenter, Author, An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure, A Primer In Risk Management, Ethics and Professional Liability, ICLE Professionalism, Ethics and Malpractice, 2021
• Co-chair, Co-presenter, Author, State Bar of Georgia’s Professional Liability Section, Not Your Typical CLE—What We’ve Got Here Is A Failure To Communicate, Malpractice Insurance Primer- Question & Answer with Kim M. Jackson, Esq., Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC, 2016-2017.
• Co-chair, Presenter, Author, State Bar of Georgia’s Professional Liability Section, Not Your Typical CLE—What We’ve Got Here Is A Failure To Communicate, Legal Malpractice Summary Judgment Fact Patterns—A Rapid Fire Discussion From Cases Around The County, 2016.
• Co-chair, Co-presenter, Author, State Bar of Georgia’s Professional Liability Section, Not Your Typical CLE—What We’ve Got Here Is A Failure To Communicate, What Would Paula Frederick Do?, with Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia 2017-2020
• Presenter, Author, State Bar of Georgia’s Transition Into The Practice of Law Seminar and Whitepaper— An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: A Primer In Risk Management, Ethics and Professional Liability, 2012-2016, 2018.
• Presenter, Author, Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) In Georgia, and State Bar of Georgia’s Family Law Section, Risk Management, Ethics, and Professional Liability in Domestic Cases, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018.
• Presenter, Author, Fulton County Business Court, Legal Malpractice and Bar Grievances—Statistics, Motivations and Trends, March 2013.
• Co-Presenter, Co-Author, American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys: National Legal & Medical Malpractice Conference—Risk Management, Cyber Security and Professional Liability, 2017.
• Presenter, Author, Atlanta Bar Association Intellectual Property SpringPosium—An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: A Primer In Risk Management, Ethics and Professional Liability, 2017.
• Presenter, Author, Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) In Georgia, Family Law Nuts and Bolts—An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: A Primer in Risk Management, Ethics and Professional Liability, 2015, 2016, 2017.
• Co-Presenter, Southern Lawyers Insurance Program, Chandler Law, LLC, CompassPOINT, Risk Management, Ethics, Cyber Security, and Professional Liability, 2015, 2015, 2017.