Mr. Folsom, a partner in the firm, specializes in the representation of our bank clients in a number of different areas, as well as representation of our business clients, in a variety of litigation matters. Mr. Folsom also is the approved SBA closing attorney for the Southern Georgia Regional Commission and maintains a municipal law practice as the City Attorney for Remerton, Georgia and Sparks, Georgia. Mr. Folsom is the managing partner for the firm’s Valdosta office, but also practices in the firm’s offices in Albany, Savannah and Atlanta.
Areas of Practice
- Commercial, Banking And Business Law
- Agricultural Law
- Banks And Financial Institutions
- Business Law And Transactions
- Business Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Creditors' Rights - Consumer And Commercial Collections
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate
Education
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, AlabamaJ.D., 1997
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Mercer UniversityB.A., 1993
- Major: Political Science
- Minor: Business
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1997
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 1997
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2005
- Georgia Court of Appeals, 2000
- Supreme Court of Georgia, 2001
Honors and Awards
- Inseat Leadership Georgia, Class of 2017, 2011 - Present
- Leadership Lowndes Class of 2007
- Leadership Albany Class of 2006
- Named to the Inaugural Class of the “Southwest Georgia 40 Under 40” by the Albany Herald
- State Bar of Georgia Justice Robert Benham Award for Community Service
- Mercer University President’s Club
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia, Member
- Business Section, Member
- Creditor Rights Section, Member
- Real Property Law Section, Member
- Valdosta Bar Association, Member
- Dougherty Circuit Bar Association, Member, Treasurer/Secretary 1997-1998
Presentations and Publications
Mr. Folsom has been a regular speaker for various seminars on banking law and creditor rights issues to banks and other businesses throughout Georgia. These presentations involve the preparation of a substantive paper, oral presentation as well as question and answer sessions with the attending audience.
Other Professional and Community Activities
- Park Avenue United Methodist Church, Chair, Long Range Planning Committee, Staff Parish Relations Committee
- Board of Directors, Valdosta Lowndes Chamber of Commerce
- Vice Chair, Governmental Affairs Council, Valdosta Lowndes Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Valdosta Lowndes Planning Commission, Term 2014 - 2020
- President, Stone Creek Property Owners Association, 2009-current
- Board of Governors, Valdosta Country Club
- Board of Directors, State YMCA of Georgia, (2008-current), Lowndes County Finance Chairman
- College of Liberal Arts Alumni Board, Mercer University
- Past Chair, Board of Directors of Greater Valdosta United Way
- Past President, Azalea City Kiwanis Club (Member 2006 - current)
- Board of Directors, Leadership Lowndes (2007- 2010)
- Member, Lowndes County Board of Education Redistricting Advisory Committee (2008)
- Chair, Technical Committee, Moody Air Force Base Joint Land Use Study (2009)
