(Atlanta, GA/May 26, 2010) Baker Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC is pleased to announce that Charles L. Ruffin has been elected treasurer of the State Bar of Georgia. Mr. Ruffin will serve a one-year term beginning June 19, 2010.

A shareholder in the Firm's Georgia offices located in Macon and Atlanta, Mr. Ruffin concentrates his practice in eminent domain and condemnation law, representing landowners and business operators of all sizes in eminent domain, condemnation and inverse condemnation matters. He maintains an active role in national and state eminent domain matters, serving as the Georgia representative in the national organization Owners Counsel of America and as the Founding Chairman of the Eminent Domain Section of the State Bar of Georgia. He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as a leading attorney in the area of Eminent Doman and Condemnation Law.

Mr. Ruffin is a member of the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors and the Executive committee of the State Bar, and also serves as chairman of the Bar's military legal assistance program. He is past president of the Macon Bar Association and is a Fellow of both the American Bar Foundation and the Georgia Bar Foundation.