Mr. Burch is the Head of the Firm’s Litigation Department. He handles complex commercial, real estate and title insurance litigation. Mr. Burch 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.

Mr. Burch 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.

Mr. Burch 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. Mr. Burch serves as a Master in the Clarke-Carley American Inn of Court.

Mr. Burch received his degree of juris doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude, and his B.A. from the University of Virginia. He 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.

Mr. Burch is admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, the District Courts of the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, and the State and Superior Courts of Georgia.

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