Edward D. Burch, Jr.

Ed is the Head of the Firm’s Litigation Practice in Atlanta. He handles complex commercial, real estate and title insurance litigation. Ed has helped establish several precedents in the area of commercial real estate litigation and regularly conducts seminars on this and other emerging trends in real estate law and commercial litigation.

Ed has extensive trial experience in the Federal and State Courts of Georgia. He has many years of experience helping clients assess their risks and resolve their problems through trial, mediation, arbitration and negotiation.

Ed has earned an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He has been selected to the Georgia Super Lawyers list and recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for his legal work in litigation and was named by Best Lawyers in 2026 as the Real Estate “Lawyer of the Year” for litigation in Atlanta. Ed serves as a Master in the Clarke-Carley American Inn of Court.

Ed served on the Editorial Board of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. He was also a member of the Moot Court Team, on which he won the William B. Spong National Championship and the Hulsey-Kimbrell Moot Court Competition.

Ed’s interests include golf, church, and attending his children’s athletic events. 

Edward's Practice

Representative Matters

• Represented financial institution in defense of $20 million lending fraud claim.
• Represented insurer in $7 million environmental stigma litigation that has established new law in the State of Georgia.
• Represented insurer in $10 million defalcation arising from a failed scheme involving the funding of a motion picture.
• Represented multiple financial institutions in commercial real estate title litigation involving novel issues of law and resulting in new legal precedent favorable to lenders.
• Represented publicly-traded entity and its affiliates regarding a $20 million embezzlement.
• Represented financial institution in litigation involving a $10 million construction lien encumbering a major shopping mall.
• Represented insurer in class-action litigation regarding insurance rates.
• Represented insurer in bad faith litigation involving a $6.9 million dispute over a commercial real estate development.
• Successfully established new precedent in the Supreme Court of Georgia governing land use restrictions and covenants for major commercial property owner and operator.
• Successfully established new precedent in the Supreme Court of Georgia governing contractual limitations pertaining to wrongful death litigation and catastrophic loss coverage.
• Represented owner of golf course resort in litigation over limitations of land use affecting multimillion-dollar development.
• Represented insurer in $10 million real estate fraud scheme involving commercial apartment development.