ATLANTA (May 14, 2007) — Smith, Gambrell & Russell attorney David Burge was appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue to the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority (GSCCCA) Board of Directors. The GSCCCA provides a statewide records database of all Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings. It provides an online network for all real estate, tax and judgment liens and notary records kept by the 159 Georgia superior court clerks. It also provides technical support to the clerks in both litigation and real estate records management. The GSCCCA Board of Directors includes six clerks of superior court, one superior court judge, one county commissioner and two at-large gubernatorial appointments.

Mr. Burge recently served as Chairman of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia.

Mr. Burge is a partner in the Firm’s Real Estate practice. His areas of expertise includes commercial real estate lending transactions, capital markets real estate transactions and general real estate sale, purchase and leasing transactions. Mr. Burge’s clients include Wachovia Bank and College Partners, Inc. He earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University and he earned his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of North Carolina.