Paul D. Burns

One South Gilbert Street
Iowa City, IA 52240-3914
Phone: (319) 358-5561
Fax: (319) 358-5560
pburns@bradleyriley.com
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Assistant:
Gabrielle, (319) 358-5576

Area of Practice:

  • Commercial Litigation

Education:

  • Bachelor's Degree, University of Northern Iowa, 1989
  • Juris Doctorate with high honors, University of Iowa College of Law, 1993
    • Articles Editor, Iowa Law Review, Vol. 78
    • Order of the Coif

Experience:

  • Joined Bradley & Riley PC in 1997
  • Bradley & Riley PC Board of Directors
  • Law clerk to the Honorable Harold D. Vietor, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa

Birth Information:

  • 1967 Waterloo, Iowa

Professional Memberships and Positions:

  • American Bar Association
    • Construction Industry Forum
    • Litigation Section
  • Iowa State Bar Association
    • Federal Practice Committee, current member, Chair (2006-2008)
    • E-Commerce Section Council, Chair (2005-2006)
  • Johnson County Bar Association
  • Linn County Bar Association

Professional Recognition:

Bar Admissions:

  • Iowa State Courts
  • United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Civic and Volunteer Involvement:

  • Iowa City Noon Rotary Club
  • Englert Theatre Board of Directors, Past President
  • Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa, Iowa City Area Board of Directors, former member

Community Awards:

  • 2006 recipient of the Corridor Business Journal's Forty Under 40 Award

Publications:

  • "Spoliation of Evidence: What Every Defense Lawyer Needs to Know," Speaker, Iowa Defense Counsel Association Seminar (September 2005)
  • "Contributor, Iowa section in "50 State Survey of Payment Provisions in Construction Contacts," Construction Lawyer, American Bar Association, Vol. 24 No. 4 (Fall 2004)
  • "Construction Contracting and Change Orders," Lorman Education Services (2004)
  • "Overview of Mechanic's Lien Law in Iowa," Lorman Education Services (2003)
  • Co-author, "Computer Law," Iowa Legal Research Guide (2003)
  • "Licensing Issues in Design-Build," Lorman Education Services (2002)
  • "Iowa Public Bidding Law," Lorman Education Services (2002)
  • "Iowa Code Chapter 573," (Public Contracting), Lorman Education Services (2002)
  • "State and Federal MBE/DBE Requirements," Lorman Education Services (2001)

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