Mark G. Pottorff

Mark G. Pottorff is a partner in and former group leader of the Real Estate Section of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

He assists clients in a variety of commercial real estate matters, with particular expertise in timberland acquisitions and dispositions, having represented buyers and sellers in large timberland transactions nationwide and abroad.

Originally from Charleston, West Virginia, Mr. Pottorff earned his B.A. degree in 1982 from the University of Dayton. He received his J.D. degree in 1985 from the Emory University School of Law. Mr. Pottorff attended law school as a Robert W. Woodruff Fellow, and while there he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Emory Law Journal. He joined Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP in 1992 after having practiced with two other Atlanta law firms.

Mr. Pottorff is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association. He is a past Chairman of the Forest Resources Committee of the Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law (SONREEL) of the American Bar Association.

Mr. Pottorff has spoken at numerous seminars and conferences on timberland law and investing, and he is the co-author of “Hunters, Trespassers, and Fires: Liability Concerns for Timberland Owners” published in The Natural Resources Law Manual 167 (Richard J. Fink ed., 1995). In both 2007 and 2008, Mr. Pottorff was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Timber Law.