2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

Paul E. Burns

Paul Burns

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
8355 East Hartford Drive, Suite 202
Scottsdale, AZ 85255-2548

Scottsdale

Arizona (AZ)

Contact Contact Paul E. Burns
T: 480-388-3357
F: 480-388-3358

Visit: www.procopio.com
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation (50%), Intellectual Property (30%), Business Litigation (20%)

Intellectual Property Litigation

Intellectual Property

Business Litigation

Profile

Paul E. Burns concentrates his practice on intellectual property and technology-related litigation, transactions, and counseling, as well as commercial litigation, electronic discovery, contract negotiation, arbitration and mediation.  Mr. Burns has been selected for Best Lawyers in America 2007-2012 and Super Lawyers 2007-2010, and has a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating.  He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law teaching Patent Litigation, Biotechnology Licensing & Litigation and Electronic Discovery & Digital Evidence.  He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Pepprdine University School of Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for AAlternative Dispute Resolution.  He is a Director of the Federal Bar Association's Phoenix Chapter and served as its President. He served as Chair of the ADR Committee and been an appointed member of the Professionalism & Ethics Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.  He has also been a Chapter Chair for The Licensing Executives Society and The Copyright Society of the USA, and served for two years as the Chair of the State Bar of Arizona's Intellectual Property Law Section.  He presently serves as Pro Bono General Counsel for The Sedona Conference.  Mr. Burns is a frequent speaker at national and local programs, institutions and organizations on patent, copyright and other intellectual property law issues, electronic discovery, arbitration and mediation.

Selected To

Southwest Super Lawyers 2010
Southwest Super Lawyers 2009
Southwest Super Lawyers 2008
Southwest Super Lawyers 2007

About Paul Burns

Admitted: 1984, Arizona

Professional Webpage: www.procopio.com/attorneys/paul-e--burns

Special Licenses/Certifications:

  • Admitted to practice in Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 2001

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • I serve or have served as (i) an appointed member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Professionalism & Ethics Committee, (ii) Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, (iii) President and Board Member of a chapter of the Federal Bar Association, (iv) Southwest Chapter Chair of the Copyright Society of the USA, (v) a Licensing Executives Society chapter chair, (vi) a member of the American Arbitration Association’s Large Complex Case Advisory Committee and National Patent Advisory Committee, (vii) Chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of Arizona, (viii) General Counsel and Executive Committee Member of The Sedona Conference, and (ix) Board Memebr Emeritus, Arizona Technology Council

Other Outstanding Achievements:

  • Super Lawyers 2007-2010 Best Lawyers in America 2007-2011 Martindale Hubbell AV Rating Adjunct Professor of Law, Arizona State Univeristy Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Adjunct Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
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