Douglas J. Milne
Milne & Buckingham, P.A.

Douglas J. Milne, president of the Milne Family Companies and partner in the law firm of Milne and Buckingham, P.A., grew up in Jacksonville. He attended Fishweir, West Riverside, John Gorrie and Lee High School where he was selected as delegate to Florida Boys State, and the YMCA World Youth Conference in Hilversum, Holland. In 1965 he graduated from the University of the South (B.A. history), where he was president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and a member of Blue Key Honor fraternity. In 1968 he graduated from the University of Florida College of Law, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.

A long-time Sunday school teacher at St. Marks Episcopal Church, Milne has served on the Day School board, as a high school advisor, Senior Warden of the vestry, chalice bearer, and lay reader. Milne is a current director or trustee of many civic organizations including Johnson Branch YMCA; Christian Professionals Resource; Singleton Senior Citizens Center advisory board; Ida M. Stevens Foundation; Edwards Waters College; Jacksonville University Board of Visitors; and FCCJ Foundation; A long-time volunteer for Legal Aid, Milne is a director of the First Guaranty Bank, a member of West Jacksonville Rotary Club, the Riverside Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite Bodies and Morocco Temple. He is a past president of Leadership Jacksonville; Willing Hands; Volunteer Jacksonville; Jacksonville Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Northeast Florida Sierra Club; UNF College of Health Advisory Council; Freedom’s Foundation and the Ritz Theatre.

Milne has received many civic awards including the Jacksonville Civic Round Table Outstanding Leader Award; Mary L.Singleton Award for Justice, Peace and Social Harmony; Robert Shircliff Rotary Service Above Self award; Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge George Washington Honor Medal; Leukemia Society Community Service award; Jacksonville Urban League Equal Opportunity Award; National Conference of Christian and Jews Humanitarian Award; Volunteer Jacksonville Bernard Gregory Servant Leader Award; the Summit District Civitan International Humanitarian Award; the Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Equal Justice Award; and the Kessler Mentoring Connection Mentor of the Year.

His special interests are his wife, Nora, his six children and their families, including seven grandchildren–the lights of his life. He also enjoys photography and most outdoor activities.