Paul Cushing focuses on representing both financial institutions and companies in a wide variety of financing transactions, including syndicated financings, secured financings, acquisition financings, bridge loans, securitizations, structured financings and public and private debt issuances. Paul also handles debt restructurings and workouts. Much of his practice centers on the representation of financial institutions and their capital markets groups in the financing of REITs and other real estate companies.

Paul is a long-time member of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association and has served as the chair of the Business Law Section of the Georgia State Bar and its UCC Subcommittee. In addition to his bar affiliations, he is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and is featured as one of the leading Georgia lawyers for banking and finance in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Paul is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the banking, corporate, equipment finance and structured finance areas.