Contact: (615) 251.5447 dberry@hubbardberry.com
Douglas Berry is a member of the firm. His practice concentrates on municipal law, zoning, eminent domain, and general commercial litigation. Mr. Berry was the City Attorney for Franklin, Tennessee, from 1989 through 2007 and is currently the Interim Town Attorney for Smyrna, Tennessee. He has represented many other Middle Tennessee cities, counties, and public utilities in litigation and non-litigation matters over the past twenty-five years.
Mr. Berry has also been a Rule 31 mediator since 2001 and has mediated scores of cases in the areas of commercial and construction litigation, eminent domain, and employment.
He has been recognized as a Mid-South Super Lawyer since 2008 and has been included in Best Lawyers in America since 2007, in the areas of real estate law and zoning law.
Education
A.B. German, Davidson College 1974, Departmental Honors
M.A. German, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1977
J.D. Vanderbilt University, 1979, Student Writing Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Professional Career and Activities
Licensed to practice in Tennessee (1979).
Law Clerk to the Honorable William J. Harbison, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1979-80.
Assistant Attorney General, State of Tennessee, Antitrust and Consumer Protection Division (1980-84); Deputy Attorney General (1984-86).
Tennessee Municipal Attorneys Association (1989-Present) (President 1995)
Hearing Officer, Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility (1990-2000)
Member, Nashville Bar Association, Nashville and Tennessee Bar Foundations, and Harry Phillips American Inns of Court.
Board Member, Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators (2009 to Present)
Martindale-Hubbell (AV) rating since 1994
Civic Organizations
Honorary Consul for the Federal Republic of Germany for Tennessee (July 2004 to Present)
Board of Directors, Sister Cities of Nashville, 1999 to present; President and Chairman of the Board 1999-2008;
Charter Member, American Council on Germany, Nashville Warburg Chapter (1993 to Present) (Chair 2008 to Present)
Charter Member, German-American Chamber of Commerce, Southeastern Division, Tennessee Chapter (2007 to Present)
Member of Metropolitan Nashville Historical Commission (2007 to 2011)
Member of Metropolitan Nashville Historic Zoning Commission (October 2009 to 2011)
Personal
Born Nashville, Tennessee, June 23, 1952
Raised in Franklin, Tennessee
Married (Ray Harvison Smith), three children (Hamilton, Claire and Zan)