Dec 12 – John Manly of Bouhan, Williams & Levy to Address Exchange Club on ‘Personal Guarantys’ ...Live Stream Available

Last Updated on Monday, 12 December 2011 14:14 Written by Lou Phelps Monday, 12 December 2011 14:12

SBJ Staff Report

Dec 12, 2011 – Attorney John Manly of Bouhan, Williams & Levy, LLC. of Savannah will be the featured speaker at this Wednesday’s Exchange Club meeting. He will talk about signing a ‘Personal Guaranty’ in vendor relationships and discuss problems that can arise. His talk is entitled, 'What Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know About Signing a Personal Guaranty. '

In order to be extended credit, some vendors ask that the owner of small corporations sign a personal guarantee. Manly will explain the perils of signing personal guaranties, and the litigation that can come out of them for small business owners and others.

The speech will be available via livestream at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 14, free to the public by logging on at http://www.learnitlive.com/event/1435/Personal-Guaranties-What-business-owners-need-to-know-

Manly is an associate practicing primarily in the areas of insurance defense, medical malpractice defense and commercial litigation. Prior to joining Bouhan, Williams & Levy, he served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Augusta Judicial Circuit in Georgia.

He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is admitted to practice in the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

After graduating from UGA in 2004, Attorney Manly graduated from The University of Georgia School of Law in 2008 and clerked for Judge Anne E. Barnes of the Georgia Court of Appeals during law school.

Founded in 1886, Bouhan, Williams & Levy LLP is a broad-based, general law practice with an emphasis in corporate, business and transactional law and civil litigation on the local, national and international levels, headquartered in the Armstrong House at 447 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia.

The Exchange Club of Savannah meets every week at the Coastal Empire Fairgrounds at 4801 Meding Street in Savannah. Lunch is served at noon, and the program begins promptly at 12:30 p.m. For more information on the Exchange Club, visit their website at www.savannahexchange.org.