Edwin E. Laws

EDWIN E. LAWS is Chief Financial Officer of Yadkin Valley Bank and Trust
Company. Prior to joining Yadkin he was Chief Financial Officer of
Piedmont Bank and Main Street Bankshares; Staff Accountant, Barnard,
Combs, Potts & Rhyne, CPAs. He worked for Southern Bell, BellSouth
Telecommunications as Assistant Manager, Accounting; Associate Manager,
independent telephone company review, Associate Manager, Internal
Auditing. Mr. Laws is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified
Internal Auditor. He has a BS in Math and Business from Wake Forest
University. In 1987 he completed required accounting courses for CPA
exam from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is in the
process of completing the MBA program at Pfeiffer University.