Attorney Dwight Merriam represents developers, local governments, landowners, and advocacy groups in land development and conservation issues. Education J.D., Yale University School of Law M.R.P., University of North Carolina, planning B.A., cum laude, University of Massachusetts Military Experience Active duty Navy: 1968 - 1975, three tours in Vietnam Reserve: 1975 - 1999 Retired Captain, Surface Warfare

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Dwight Merriam represents developers, local governments, landowners, and advocacy groups in land development and conservation issues. Dwight has published over 200 professional articles on land use law, and authored or edited five books: Inclusionary Zoning Moves Downtown, The Takings Issue, The Complete Guide to Zoning, Eminent Domain Use and Abuse: Kelo in Context, and At the Cutting Edge 2008. He is a Fellow and Past President of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a former Director of the American Planning Association (APA), and Past Chair of APA's Planning & Law Division. Dwight is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and was elected in 2008 to be one of the 50 United States members of the Anglo-American Real Property Institute. He is also a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the Counselors of Real Estate. He has taught land use law at Vermont Law School since 1994. Dwight received his B.A. in sociology (cum laude) from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he was also elected to Phi Kappa Phi. He received his Master of Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his Juris Doctor at Yale Law School where he received the Ivan Meitus Prize for his article on the transfer of development rights.

Professional & Trade Associations
American Bar Association, 1978 to present, Council, Section of State & Local Government Law (2003 to 2007); Liaison to the ABA Journal, Section of State & Local Government (2003 to 2004); member of President Dennis Archer's Working Group on Protecting the Rights of Service Members, Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel (2003 to present)
American Boat Builders and Repairers Association, 1995 to 1997, Director
American College of Real Estate Lawyers
American Institute of Certified Planners, Fellow and past president
American Planning Association, former director and previous chair of Planning & Law Division
Vermont Law School, 1994, faculty
The Counselors of Real Estate, 2002, Connecticut Chapter, secretary/treasurer

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