Jim Elliot DPF Board MemberJim Elliott is of counsel with the Macon office of Butler Snow LLP where he serves as legal counsel to various local governmental entities. He retired in 2019 after 34 years of service as the Warner Robins city attorney.
Throughout his career in the public sector, he has been active with the Georgia Municipal Association and was inducted into the Municipal Government Hall of Fame in 2017. Elliott chaired the Local Government Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia in 1992. He served as the southeast regional vice-president of the International Municipal Lawyers’ Association for many years and conducts training for the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
Elliott holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech and a law degree from Mercer University Law School where he is an adjunct professor teaching local government law.
Jim is married to Michelle, director of the University of Georgia Archway Partnership. His brother, Danny, died by suicide in 2022 after his doctor’s prescribing license was suspended by the DEA.
