Burr & Forman Partner Appointed Chair Of The State Bar Of Georgia Business Law Section

ATLANTA, October 27, 2009 - Edgar C. Snow, Jr., a partner in the firm's Atlanta office and chair of the firm's Banking and Real Estate Practice Group conducted the annual Business Law Section meeting during the 28th Annual Business Law Institute as chair of the Section. The program portion of the institute was chaired by Elizabeth Noe, a partner at Paul Hastings, and current vice-chair of the Business Law Section.

The Business Law Section sponsors business law legal seminars across the state, including the annual Business Law Institute, which was held in Atlanta on October 22-23 this year. This was the first Business Law Section meeting after Snow was appointed chair in July 2009. In addition to furthering legal education, the Business Law Section also has standing committees that consider legislative proposals and monitor legislative developments.

"I am privileged to serve as the chair for the State Bar of Georgia's Business Law Section. I look forward to facilitating and furthering the group's mission and working with its talented members," said Snow.

As a result of the current economic conditions, this year's Business Law Institute featured some unusual presentations such as an economic forecast by Joseph Keating, an economist from Royal Bank of Canada, as well as a panel designed for out-of-work business lawyers consisting of the legal placement professionals Keisha Hudson and Stephen Stone, and career coach Deborah Stone.

About Edgar C. Snow, Jr.
Snow has practiced law since 1988 and currently serves as Chair of Burr & Forman's Banking and Real Estate Practice Group. He has extensive experience representing capital providers and capital users in middle market and large corporate transactions, including: accounts receivable and inventory finance; mezzanine debt; health care finance; joint ventures; leveraged acquisition finance; private equity investments; equipment finance; unsecured finance; letters of credit finance; asset securitizations; media, high tech and telecommunications finance; real estate finance; loan syndications and participations; workouts and restructurings; secured party sales; debtor-in-possession finance; and loan sales.

Snow frequently writes and speaks on corporate finance and other legal topics with the National Business Institute, Lorman Education Services, and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, as well as the Emory University Law and Religion Program. He has been listed in The Chambers Directory of Leading Law Firms and Lawyers in the Banking and Finance category, The Best Lawyers in America in the Banking and Finance category since 2006, and in Georgia's 2007 Who's Who Legal in the Banking category. Chambers USA also recognized Snow in the "2009 Leaders in their Field."

He is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the Atlanta Metro Chamber of Commerce. Snow received his B.A. from Brigham Young University, his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law and his LL.M. in Banking Law from Boston University School of Law.

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