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Joe Cooley

Joe Cooley

Community Planner/Landscape Architect

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Joseph L Cooley

  • Education

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

      2001 - 2005
      MCRP Dual degrees: JD & MCRP focusing on land use and environmental management

      Received a Masters in City & Regional Planning from Georgia Tech and a Juris Doctor from Georgia State University College of Law. Was member of the first class of the dual degree program between the two universities.

    • University of Florida

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      BLA Landscape Architecture

      Activities and Societies: Architecture honorary society

    • Georgia State University College of Law

      2001 - 2005
      Juris Doctor Land Use, Growth Managment, Real Estate

      Activities and Societies: Graduate research assistant to Professor Julian Juergensmeyer for two years (focusing on land use issues); participated in summer semester study in Linz, Austria in international arbitration; externship with Georgia Dept of Natural Resources for legal counsel Graduate research assistant for two years to Professor Julian Juergensmeyer

  • Experience

    • National Park Service

      Jan 1993 - May 2001
      Community Planner/Landscape Architect

    • Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2008
      Attorney - Land Use/Zoning/Growth Management

    • Cooley Legal Consulting

      Jan 2007 - Dec 2010
      Consulting land use attorney

      Part-time contract consulting on land use matters

    • Town of Highlands, NC

      Dec 2007 - Oct 2010
      Director of Planning and Development

    • City of Doraville, Georgia

      May 2011 - Jan 2015
      Director of Community Development

    • The Collaborative

      Dec 2014 - Nov 2015
      Director of Planning and Zoning - City of Sandy Springs

    • Cooley Planning & Land Use Law LLC

      Dec 2015 - now
      Land Use Planner and Attorney-at-Law

      Attorney and Counselor at Law & AICP Planner focusing on land use, planning development, and zoning law and code review for constitutional muster.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ACIP, Georgia Bar, NC Zoning Official, Licensed Landscape Architect

  • Volunteer Experience

    • volunteer

      Issued by Chattahoochee Nature Center, Inc.
      Chattahoochee Nature Center, Inc.Associated with Joe Cooley