Burns, P.A.

10/05/2022

And here's a link to information about our recent win in a federal preemption appeal concerning a medical device in the Eleventh Circuit.

Here’s a story about my recent 11th Circuit win in a medical device preemption appeal. But I didn’t know until now that I was a “Plaintiff lawyer”; I always...

10/05/2022

Here's a link to another cool securities regulation appeal we won in the DC Circuit. This one involved the concept of latency arbitrage, also sometimes called flash trading.

I was delighted on Friday that our side won a major D.C. Circuit securities regulation appeal. With billions of dollars at stake, it involved the SEC’s... 18 comments on LinkedIn

10/05/2022

Here's a link to a description of a neat securities regulation appeal we recently won in the DC Circuit:

I was delighted to win my third federal appeal in three weeks, which is quite a streak for me. (The first involved medical device preemption, and the second…

10/05/2022

Here's a link to a cool SCOTUS reply brief we recently did in support of a pain physician's certiorari petition.

Today, Shannon Reese and I are delighted to be filing a reply brief in support of a certiorari petition on behalf of a pain-management physician with the...

10/05/2022

Watch out, people! We've figured out how to share LinkedIn posts on Facebook. Prepare for an onslaught of appellate news and information. Here's our quick article about how to open an appellate oral argument. The TL;DR = don't open with a list of issues; instead, open with themes and syllogisms.

09/12/2019

Great story about our dear Judge, the Hon. Susan H. Black of the Eleventh Circuit, who was one of 23 women appointed to the federal bench in 1979. Easily the best job we ever had!

Like many of the 23 women judges who transformed the federal Judiciary in 1979, Susan Harrell Black was encouraged by her father to have professional aspirations—but for a darkly practical reason.

08/29/2019

‪We just filed a petition in from a . A jury found two scientists submitted materially deceptive proposals to do $10.6m in research. But they did the work! We believe there’s a 7-4 split on the “right to control” theory and a 3-3 split on how to calculate loss and restitution.‬

07/17/2019

We’re pleased to have been recognized by for the 5th consecutive year as a rising star (2015-17) or super lawyer (2018-19) and by for the 2d consecutive year as legal elite (2018-19) in appellate practice. Presumably, we also killed it in the “most middle names” category. 🤓

05/16/2019

We’re very proud of our associate attorney, Arda Goker, who just published his first article in the HCBA’s Lawyer magazine. It’s about Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law. He’s blessed with great legal acumen and writing ability. Also, the hair...

05/13/2019

Here’s some press coverage from Law360 about our little victory last week.

05/02/2019

‪Victory! In a 2-1 decision with a 12-page dissent, we persuaded to reinstate the entirety of a medical malpractice case and deny rehearing. The trial court had dismissed the case despite the trial lawyer’s endocrinological condition.‬

11/14/2018

‪Victory! After persuading to reverse 3 convictions from a 10-day jury trial for insufficient evidence, on remand for resentencing, we convinced the district court to award a 7-month downward variance (in addition to its original 38-month downward variance).‬ ‪Her original 94-month sentence has now become an 87-month sentence. The further downward variance was due to the client’s post-sentencing rehabilitation and her physical ailment.‬ ‪As a practical matter, with the gain time calculation, this means the client will get to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with her family and friends a year sooner than she had expected.‬