Consent of Porter Keadle Moore, LLP

EX-23.1 3 dex231.htm CONSENT OF PORTER KEADLE MOORE, LLP Consent of Porter Keadle Moore, LLP

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement (No. 333-131244) on Form S-8 and in Registration Statement (No. 333-156367) on Form S-3 of Ameris Bancorp and subsidiaries (the “Company”) of our report dated March 16, 2011, relating to our audits of the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting of the Company, which appear in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

/s/ PORTER KEADLE MOORE, LLP

Atlanta, Georgia

March 16, 2011