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John W. Burns

Partner

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  • Biography
    John W. Burns is a partner in the Pittsburgh and Wheeling, West Virginia offices of GRSM and is a member of the Commercial Litigation, Construction Law and Health Care practice groups.  His practice has a particular emphasis in complex commercial litigation and also concentrates on general liability litigation, construction law and corporate and business services.  His extensive litigation and court experience and service as a clerk in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania provides him with valuable perspective in providing legal services to small and mid-size businesses in a variety of areas.
     
    John has tried cases to verdict before juries, tried multiple non-jury cases and represented a variety of clients in dozens of arbitrations and proceedings in the minor judiciary.
     

    Admissions

    Pennsylvania
    West Virginia
    Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
    United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania
    United States District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

    Memberships

    Allegheny County Bar Association
    The West Virginia State Bar

  • Practice Areas
  • Representative Experience

    Representative Matters:

    • Assisted multiple small and mid-size businesses in areas such as entity selection and creation, compliance, non-profit establishment, and business succession planning along with transactional matters
    • Extensive litigation experience having tried cases to verdict in the areas of general liability, automobile liability, and commercial transactions
    • Litigated and tried dozens of arbitrations and multiple matters on the level of the minor judiciary
  • Education

    Education

    J.D., Duquesne University School of Law, 1999

    B.A., West Liberty State College, 1991

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