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Licensed to Practice Law in Texas and California

  • VA Accredited Attorney
  • Certified Guardian Ad Litem Attorney (State Bar of Texas)
  • Member, National Association of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
  • Member, Elder Counsel
  • Registered Patent Attorney (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)

Legal Experience:

  • OriGen Biomedical, Inc., General Counsel
  • Life Technologies Corporation, Senior Director Legal Operations/Contracts
  • Ambion, Inc., Director Ambion Legal
  • Applied Biosystems, Senior Patent Attorney
  • Advanced Tissue Sciences, General Counsel
  • Finnegan Henderson LLP, Patent Associate – Biotechnology and Pharma Group
  • Fenwick & West LLP, Associate – Corporate Group

Education/Experience:

  • JD with honors (Order of the Coif), U.C. Davis School of Law
  • PhD, Virology & Epidemiology, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla
  • Research Health Scientist, Center for Molecular Biology in Medicine (joint Stanford Med School/ Palo Alto V.A. Med. Ctr. facility)
  • MS, Microbiology, San Diego State University
  • BS, Microbiology, The Ohio State University
  • 25 scientific publications

Military Experience:

Retired Commander, USNR

  • Five years active duty – Surface Warfare Officer
  • Seventeen years reserve duty – Naval Intelligence Office; Top Secret Security Clearance

John Burns, attorney at law

John W. Burns, Ph.D.

Attorney and Counselor at Law

Certified Guardian Ad Litem (State Bar of Texas);
VA Accredited Attorney;
Member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA);
Member of the Elder Counsel

Contact

13062 Hwy. 290 West, Suite 115,
Austin, Texas 78737

Office: (512) 615-1244
Cell: (512) 733-3708
Fax: (888) 519-9415
Email: john@johnburnslegal.com

Recent Blog Posts

  • Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention
  • Financial Challenges Facing Seniors…And How to Fight Back
  • Dispute Between Brothers Demonstrates Need to Plan for Parents’ Long-Term Care
  • Are You Eligible for VA Disability Compensation?
  • Increased Use of Painkillers Causing New Battle for Veterans

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