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PRACTICE AREAS:
Business and Tax Litigation, Commercial Real Estate,
Partnership Transactions, Health Care Law
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EDUCATION:
Tulane University School of Law - JD,
1972
Tulane University -
BA, Cum Laude, 1969
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PROFILE:
Mr. Burton received Bachelor
of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Tulane University
where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and the Order
of the Coif, and was a member and Assistant Editor
of the Tulane Law Review. He has authored several articles
and presented lectures in the areas of civil and appellate
practice lease and partnership. He has also been a speaker at seminars for
the National Business Institute: “The Essentials of Office and Retail
Leases in Louisiana ” (1998) and “Drafting
and Negotiating Louisiana Commercial Real Estate Leases” (2003).
Mr. Burton has been engaged in the private practice
of law in Louisiana since 1972. He was a founding partner
of SPS&R in 1979 and currently serves as its managing
partner. He has extensive experience in business and
tax litigation and administrative proceedings including
all types of lease negotiation, drafting and litigation,
environmental, energy-related and state taxation. He
has practiced in federal and state courts throughout
Louisiana and before the Louisiana Departments of Environmental
Quality, Wildlife & Fisheries, Natural Resources
and Revenue & Taxation. He has served as appellate
counsel in a wide variety of civil matters. He also
is experienced in commercial real estate and partnership
transactions, and health care law.
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BAR ADMISSIONS:
All state and federal courts
Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals
Eleventh Circuit Court
of Appeals
United States Tax
Court
United States Supreme Court
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PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES:
Authored articles and presented lectures in the
areas of civil and appellate practices, lease and partnership.
Speaker at seminars for the National Business Institute: “The
Essentials of Office and Retail Leases in Louisiana ” (1998)
and “Drafting and Negotiating Louisiana Commercial
Real Estate Leases” (2003).
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
Louisiana State Bar Association
American Bar Association
New Orleans Bar Association
Law Practice Management, Business Law and Litigation Sections
Served for many years as an Adjunct Professor in the Program in Community Medicine, Tulane School of Medicine
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