Gerald Edenfield is a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of litigation experience. He is currently President of the State Bar of Georgia, having served in many leadership positions with the bar. He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a member of ABOTA, ATLA, and the Lawyers Foundation. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Farmers & Merchants Bank in Statesboro and is the school board attorney for both the Bryan and Bulloch County school systems. He has verdicts and settlements of over $10 million and has also defended many business clients in significant cases. He is active in local community affairs, having served as President of the Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce, Statesboro Rotary Club, and other organizations.