Eric Burns Email & Phone Number

United States

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

I represent and advise businesses and individuals in commercial litigation and pre-litigation matters at all levels of the state and federal courts of Virginia and D.C.

Mclean, Virginia

Mclean

Commercial Litigation / Professional Liability Defense / Civil Rights (42 U.S.C. § 1983) Defense / Construction Defect DefenseRepresentative Matters (Not a guarantee of future results)• Global Computer Enter. V. Steese, Evans & Frankel P.C. (In re Global Computer Enters.), 2016 Bankr. LEXIS 3468 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2016); adversary defendant in legal malpractice case successfully defeated motion for voluntary dismissal from bankruptcy court to allow re-filing in district court and trial by jury• Phoenix Packaging, Operations, LLC v. M&O Agencies, Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72945 (W.D. Va. 2016); successful motion to dismiss claims for fraud and constructive fraud based upon the principle that the only duty owed by defendant to plaintiff arose out of their contract and there was no basis for a separate tort cause of action• Phillips v. Uber Techs., Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4590 (E.D. Va. 2016); successful motion to transfer venue from E.D. Va. to S.D.N.Y. where personal injury suit was filed where one of two plaintiffs resided on a cause of action that arose in Manahattan. • Woodson v. City of Richmond, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16096 (E.D. Va. 2015); successful motion for summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case on behalf of a nurse practitioner alleged to have failed to properly “take off” a doctor’s note prescribing heat management where the plaintiff subsequently suffered a heat stroke• Negron-Bennett v. McCandless, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 145593 (E.D. Va. 2013); aff’d Negron-Bennett v. McCandless, 572 Fed. Appx. 246 (4th Cir. 2014); cert. denied Negron-Bennett v. McCandless, Sup. Ct. Case No.: 14-6614; successful motion to dismiss 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against four prosecutors based on malicious prosecution claim under Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 and 12(b)(6)

General insurance defense litigation, primarily of motor vehicle accident cases, including investigation, initial client meetings, pleadings, written discovery, fact and expert witness depositions, dispositive motions, discovery motions and evidentiary motionsPlaintiff’s side business litigation case against major corporate defendant taken to trialFirst and second chair jury trial experience, multiple bench trials and more than 40 district court trials

Professional liability defense litigation, general insurance defense of personal injury claims against home and business ownersPlaintiff’s side personal injury and property damage claimsHandled all pre-trial aspects of litigation, including investigation, witness meetings, client intake, pleadings and written discovery

Taught document and privilege review seminars on the Federal Rules of Evidence and applicability to ongoing litigation arising out of the failure of U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers levies during Hurricane KatrinaPerformed document and privilege reviews on fundamental discovery documents in active litigation on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice’s defense of the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers in litigation arising out of Hurricane KatrinaStudied for and passed the Virginia Bar Exam

Royal Oak, Mi

Criminal defense, plaintiff-side civil litigation, state administrative proceedings

Southfield, Mi

Insurance defense

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Activities and Societies: Moot Court 2005-07

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