'A Great Resource'

When talking about longtime attorney Dan Bailey's contributions to the evolution of Sarasota, its roads and housing communities, schools and shopping centers, the shorter list is the projects in which he had no part.

The diverse list of projects Bailey, with the Sarasota law firm Williams Parker, has worked on includes the Sarasota Bay Club, the Plaza at Five Points and Heron Creek.

Beyond projects, in 2004, Bailey partially broke a barrier of sorts at Williams Parker, one of the region's most established law firms, founded in 1925. It happened when Bailey's son, Charlie Bailey III, joined Williams Parker, which temporarily suspended its anti-nepotism policy. The elder Bailey had been with the firm since 1975.