John W. Burns is a partner in the Pittsburgh and Weirton, West Virginia offices of GRSM and is a member of the Commercial Litigation, Construction Law and Healthcare 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.
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
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- West Virginia
- Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
Memberships
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- The West Virginia State Bar
Education
- J.D., Duquesne University School of Law, 1999
- B.A., West Liberty State College, 1991