Phone: 404-954-9821
Fax: 404-681-1046
E-Mail: lburnat@swfllp.com
overview
Larry Burnat has more than 32 years of professional legal experience with a strong focus on representing clients in jury trials for business litigation issues, such as contract litigation and real estate litigation, as well as products liability and personal injury cases. He represents a wide range of financial institutions, large corporations and the FDIC in various issues pertaining to creditors’ rights and bankruptcy. Larry has also represented plaintiffs and defendants in numerous cases involving breach of fiduciary duty, trade secrets and unfair competition.
Having spent more than 30 years representing cable television and broadcast media businesses, Larry has spoken on numerous occasions to both the Broadcast Cable Credit Association and the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association on a number of topics, such as “the defense of preference actions,” “joint and several liability of advertisers and advertising agencies,” and “sequential liability in the advertising business.”
practice areas
Business Litigation and Arbitration
Real Estate Litigation
Bankruptcy and Debt Restructuring
Contractor Representation and Construction Litigation
Product Liability
Catastrophic Injury and Wrongful Death
experience
- Recovered $5,000,000 on behalf of the FDIC under an oil reservoir insurance policy, which was issued by a foreign insurance company that did not have a U.S. office. The policy had been procured through fraudulent activity and used as collateral at a federally insured institution.
- Defense verdict in jury trial for manufacturer in products liability case of a high voltage electrical switch explosion which resulted in catastrophic personal injuries.
- Successful defense verdict in probate litigation where executor was accused of wrongful conduct involving more than $6,000,000.
- Recovery of $700,000 in litigation on behalf of the landlord of industrial property against a Fortune 25 corporation for property damage at lease termination.
- Successful representation in jury trials for plaintiff and defense in catastrophic injury (quadriplegia) cases.
education
University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1970
Emory University, B.B.A., 1971, with high distinction
Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1975 with distinction (2nd in class)
admitted
State Bar of Georgia
Supreme Court of Georgia
Court of Appeals of Georgia
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
United States Tax Court
affiliations & memberships
Order of the Coif
Atlanta Bar Association
Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Moot Court
Arbor Springs Plantation Homeowners Association, President
martindale hubble rating
AV Peer Review Rated