First Admitted: 1990, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

Admitted in the State of California (Bar No. 151018).
Admitted in the District of Columbia (Bar No. 1739605).
Admitted in the United States Supreme Court (Bar No. 314561).
Admitted in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and District of Columbia Circuit (Bar No. 63043).
Admitted in the United States District Courts for the Central, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of California and District of Columbia (Bar No. CA00100).
Admitted pro hac vice in the State of Delaware (Court of Chancery)
Admitted pro hac vice in the State of Washington.
Admitted pro hac vice in the United States District Courts for the District of Nevada.
Admitted pro hac vice in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Admitted pro hac vice in the Southern District of Texas.
Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Board Member (2009-2013)
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member
American Bar Association, Member, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Sections.

Pro bono/Community Service:

Los Angeles Superior Court, volunteer mediator. Handles mediations assigned by the ADR staff (2009-13), and Resolve Law LA for the LASC PI Hub (2021-Present)
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Board Member (2013 – 2022), President (2018-2020).
CMC Gould Center for Humanistic Studies, Advisory Board Member (2019 – 2024)
Marymount High School, Los Angeles, Board Member (2010-2019)

Honors/Awards:

Wiley W. Manual Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services by the State Bar (2010).
Included in the list of Southern California Super Lawyers (2012-present).
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell (2005-present)
Father Pat Traynor Award by St. James Inn (2015) (outstanding community service).
Scott and Jean Adam Light of Christ Award by Catholic Charities of Los Angeles (2011) (outstanding parish and community service).

Educational Background:

Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, Negotiation Master Class, 2023
Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Mediating the Litigated Case, 2014
University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Juris Doctor. Order of the Coif; AmJur Awards for the highest grades in Commercial Law, Agency Law and Administrative Law, 1988-1990
George Washington University Law School. Honors, Legal Research & Writing, 1987-1988
Claremont McKenna College, Bachelor of Arts. Philosophy and Political Science Double Major, Philosophy Department Award; Editor, The Claremont Journal of Philosophy, 1980-1984

Industry Groups:

James M. Burgess