Attached files

file filename
S-1 - FORM S-1 - Ameris Bancorpds1.htm
EX-4.9 - STOCK CERTIFICATE - Ameris Bancorpdex49.htm
EX-5.1 - OPINION OF ROGERS & HARDIN LLP - Ameris Bancorpdex51.htm
EX-1.1 - FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT - Ameris Bancorpdex11.htm
EX-23.2 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - Ameris Bancorpdex232.htm

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated March 11, 2010 relating to the consolidated financial statements which appear in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Ameris Bancorp for the year ended December 31, 2009. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ Porter Keadle Moore, LLP

Atlanta, Georgia

April 14, 2010