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Whitney
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Whitney Durand is
descended from ancestors who practiced law in a tradition of
excellence. He follows that tradition today, representing
clients in Chattanooga, southeast Tennessee, and in north Georgia.
He practices within both the State and Federal court systems.
As an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Durand was a Morehead Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa,
and the recipient of the Parker Medal for the outstanding
undergraduate. At Harvard Law School, he was the President of
the Voluntary Defenders, an organization dedicated to representation
of defendants in criminal trials and post-conviction proceedings.
While at Harvard, he met Sally
Chrystal, who had been raised in Glen Head, New York. They have a
son who is a business consultant in Atlanta, another son who is a
math teacher in Chattanooga, a daughter who is a book editor in New
York City, and a grandson in Atlanta.
Mr. Durand spent most of his legal career with Miller & Martin, a
business and litigation firm based in Chattanooga. He principally
engaged in business and estate planning. These activities included
work in the fields of securities, trust administration, tax, and
pensions.
At other times he has been County Attorney for Hamilton County,
Tennessee and the chairman of a company providing emergency health
information and advance directives.
In recent years, he has practiced with the Chattanooga, Tennessee trial firm of Weill,
Durand & Long, PLLC and in his present law offices. He is currently
also the executive director of Southeast Tennessee Legal Services, a
legal aid organization, and worked there previously on a full-time
basis.
He has been a lecturer in the fields of estate planning and health
law for seminars offered by legal and medical education
organizations. He has written articles on legal matters for legal
periodicals, a law journal, and newspapers.
He is or has been a director or officer of publicly traded and
privately owned corporations; a private foundation, a church, and
cultural and educational institutions; legal aid and domestic
violence organizations; the Tennessee Industrial and Agricultural
Development Commission; and the governing board for the 1996 Olympic
Whitewater Event preparations. He has been a candidate for the U. S.
Congress.
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