Our Team
- Mike Slaughter, P.E., AICP
Owner and Founder - Richard Donovan
Senior Planning Manager
Mike Slaughter, P.E., AICP
Principal

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Municipal Annexation
Government Finance & Budgeting
Expert Testimony
Redistricting of Voting Districts
Comprehensive Planning
Zoning Ordinance/Smart Code
Subdivision Regulations
Architectural Design Ordinances
Urban Planning and Design
Civil Engineering
Sanitary Sewer Systems
Water Systems (domestic & fire)
Streets & Roads
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Slaughter, owner and founder of the firm, is responsible for the overall day-to-day operations of the firm that includes the duties of marketing, client contact, project design, management & presentation, quality control, and the direct oversight of all staff/associates. He is directly responsible for the production of urban planning projects such as annexation feasibility analysis, fringe area studies, redistricting of wards and districts, comprehensive planning, zoning, subdivision regulations and ordinances. Mr. Slaughter is a certified planner (AICP) with over twenty (20) years planning experience and a professional engineer (P.E.).
Mr. Slaughter is recognized as an expert witness in urban planning, civil engineering and governmental finance. He has testified as an expert in more than forty (40) annexation cases before the Chancery Courts in the State of Mississippi.
Prior to founding Slaughter & Associates, PLLC, Mr. Slaughter was with the urban planning firm of Bridge & Slaughter for 15 years, 11 of which, he was a partner. His responsibilities with Bridge & Slaughter were very similar to those now with Slaughter & Associates. Prior to that, he was vice-president and chief design engineer with the engineering & planning consulting firm of W.H. Porter & Company located in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Slaughter was with W.H. Porter & Company for over six years and was responsible for the design and construction inspection of numerous residential, commercial and industrial subdivisions, streets, roads, bridges, water distribution systems, sanitary sewer collections systems and urban drainage systems in the Memphis metropolitan area.
EDUCATION
The University of Memphis
Master of City and Regional Planning
The University of Mississippi
Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Planning Association
American Society of Civil Engineers
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) nationally recognized certification
Professional Engineer (P.E.)
Richard Donovan
Project Manager

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Comprehensive Planning
Land Use Controls
Zoning Ordinances/Maps
Housing Analyses
Sign Ordinances
Subdivision Regulations
Architectural Design Ordinances
Municipal Annexation
Political Redistricting
Community Design
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Economic Development
EXPERIENCE
Richard Donovan is a certified planner (CNU-A & AICP) with six years of experience as a municipal planner. Mr. Donovan has most recently served as the Planning Director for the City of Lakeland, Tennessee. Before his time with Lakeland, Mr. Donovan served as the City Planner for the City of Portland, Tennessee, as the Principal Planner for the City of Lebanon, Tennessee, and as an intern with the City of Dothan, Alabama. Prior to his career in the public sector, Mr. Donovan was employed by Slaughter & Associates as a Project Manager/Planner from 2013 to 2015. Richard is a member of the American Planning Association and Congress for New Urbanism who received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography in 2008 and a Master of City and Regional Planning in 2013, both from the University of Memphis.
EDUCATION
The University of Memphis
Master of City and Regional Planning
The University of Memphis
Bachelor of Arts, Geography
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Planning Association (APA)
Small Town & Rural Planning Division, APA
New Urbanism Division, APA
Congress for New Urbanism
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), #029001
Congress for New Urbanism – Accredited (CNU-A)
OTHER POSITIONS
Planning Director
Lakeland, Tennessee
City Planner
Portland, Tennessee
Planner I/Principal Planner
Lebanon, Tennessee