Lauren Oliver Buckland, Sr.

Mr. Buckland was born and raised in Montana. He obtained a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Montana State College. He entered the Army at Fort Benning, Georgia and went on to earn the coveted Ranger tab and Airborne wings. After resigning from the Army, Lauren moved to Atlanta and became a C.P.A. with the firm of Haskins & Sells (now Deloitte Touche). He then attended Emory University Law School, where he was on the editorial staff of the Journal of Public Law. From 1971 until 1976, Lauren served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia under the leadership of Attorney General Arthur Bolton. During this period, Lauren represented the Department of Revenue in its income tax cases and various state authorities in their issuance of revenue bonds. In addition to his private practice, Mr. Buckland serves as a Hearing Officer for the Georgia State Board of Education. He has also served as a hearing officer for the Department of Revenue, the Department of Technical and Adult Education, and the Professional Standards Commission.  

 

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Bar Admissions:
1971, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981. U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Law School:
Emory University, J.D., 1970

Undergraduate:
Montana State University, B.S., (Business Accounting) 1961

Member:
State Bar of Georgia (Member, General Practice Section)

Publications:
Co-Author: Note, "Regulation of the Franchise as a Security," 19 Journal of Public Law 105, 1970
Author: "State and Local Taxation - Annual Survey," Mercer Law Review, 1975, 1977,1979.
"State Taxpayer Remedies," 27 Mercer Law Review 309,1976.

 

Biography:
Assistant Attorney General. State of Georgia, 1971-1976.
Goodman, Whitmer, Buckland & Andrews, 1976-1981
Whitmer & Buckland, 1981-1986
Buckland & Basham, 1986-1991
L. O. Buckland, P. C, 1991-Present
Other: Certified Public Accountant, Georgia, 1967-1968; Hearing Officer: State Board of Education, 1976-; Georgia Department of Revenue, 1990-2003; Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, 1991-1994; Georgia Professional Standards Commission, 1992-1996.

Civic and Professional:
Phi Delta Phi (Secretary, 1970)
Chairman, Civic Round Table, 1989-1992
President, Sandy Springs Lions Club.1989-1990
Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1967-1990
Blackberry Mountain Homeowners Association Director, 1994-2001 (President - 1998-2001)
Georgia State Bar Fee Arbitration Panels
Military: 1st Lieut. U.S. Army (Infantry; Finance). 1961-1964