Julian B. McDonnell is the John A Sibley Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law. A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, Professor McDonnell has been a member of the Georgia law faculty since 1972 except for visiting appointments at the Universities of Texas, Utah and Puerto Rico. He was the principal draftsman of the Georgia Financial Institutions Code and the reporter for the Georgia Article 9 revision. Professor McDonnell began working with Peter F. Coogan on Matthew Bender's Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code in 1978. He has served as editor-in-chief since Mr. Coogan's death in 1985. Professor McDonnell is also co-author (with Elizabeth Coleman) of Matthew Bender's Commercial and Consumer Warranties and is the author of numerous law review articles. He lectured on U.S. commercial law to the Bar of Brussels, Belgium in 1989 and 1993.