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BRYANT — Doug Mays, a long-time Saline County lawyer, has announced his desire to serve the citizens of Bryant as city attorney.
Doug Mays
“While the office is nonpartisan — neither Democrat nor Republican — I pledge to be a partisan advocate for the people of Bryant and their city government,” Mays said in his announcement seeking the November election.
“A city attorney needs to be knowledgeable of the laws at the local, state and national levels,” he said. “I feel qualified in that regard and will work tirelessly to ensure our city’s interests are best served.”
Since graduating in 1977 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, Mays has put together an extensive resume, including legal and practical experience in courtrooms and legislative halls at Bryant, Saline County and the capital city.
Mays, who has maintained a private law practice in Saline County since 1998, has served as special judge for district courts at Bryant and Benton; deputy prosecuting attorney for the Sixth Judicial District at Little Rock; city judge at Shannon Hills; and city attorney at Bauxite. He has worked as general counsel and performed legislative liaison duties for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission; natural resources coordinator with the Arkansas Department of Commerce; and contract attorney with the Arkansas Soil and Water Commission. Mays has been a legislative analyst for the Arkansas Legislative Council; served on the Saline County Planning Commission; and the county DWI Court staff.
In addition, Mays has been an instructor and director of publications for Arkansas State University at Beebe, Southern State College (Southern Arkansas University) at Magnolia and Oak Grove High School at North Little Rock; and worked as a legal intern with the Pulaski County Circuit Court at Little Rock and Hot Spring County Circuit Court at Malvern.
Mays served as an enlisted man with the U.S. Army and as an officer with the Army Reserve from 1973 to 1980. In addition to being an alumnus of the UALR School of Law, Mays holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky at Lexington and a master’s degree from Ball State University at Muncie, Ind.
He is married to the former Colleen L. Hill, whose family formerly owned the Hill Dairy Farm at Bryant, and has one child and three grandchildren. He is part-time farmer, an antique tractor collector and “full-time donkey owner.”
Mays said he believes he has lived a full and fortunate life and is at a point “where I want to give something back to my community. That’s why I’m seeking this position,” he said.
