J.J. Burns - Kansas City, MO

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Non Legal Education

  • DePauw University - Greencastle, Indiana

Classes and Seminars

• EFFECTIVE USE OF RULE 30(b)(6) IN TRUCKING CASES, Trucking Litigation Group Program, AAJ Conference, Los Angeles, CA, July 2016.
  
• PRACTICALLY USING DISCOVERY TO ADVANCE YOUR CASE, 2016 Solo & Small Firm Conference, Missouri Bar, Osage Beach, Missouri, June 2016.
  
• DEPOSING TRUCK DRIVERS AND TRUCKING COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES, Strafford Webinars – May & July, 2016.
  
• HOURS OF SERVICE & LOG AUDITS: PROVING THE FATIGUE AND FALSE LOG CASES, How to Win Trucking Cases – 2015 Advanced Course, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2015.
  
• ANATOMY OF A SUCCESSFUL HOURS-OF-SERVICE / FATIGUE CASE, Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases, Dallas, Texas, October 2015.
  
• TRUCKING COMPANY NEGLIGENCE AND SAFETY CULTURE: GROUNDING THE NARRATIVE AND IDENTIFYING THE STUFF WE OVERLOOK, Ohio Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Seminar, Columbus, Ohio, September 2015.
  
• ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION IN TRUCK COLLISION INVESTIGATIONS AND TRIAL: PARTNERING WITH RECONSTRUCTION EXPERTS TO MAXIMIZE CASE VALUE, Strafford Webinars, June 2015.
  
• TRUCKER AS TEMPORARY TEAMMATE: GETTING BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND ITS DRIVER, AAJ Trucking Litigation Group Members Only Event, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2015.
  
• RECKLESS, WANTON & RELEVANT: KEEPING PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN THE PICTURE, National Interstate Trucking Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, May 2015.
  
• STATUTORY EMPLOYEES, NEGLIGENT ENTRUSTMENT & PERMISSIVE USE – Prosecuting and Defending Truck and Auto Collision Cases, Houston, Texas, November 2014.
  
• PROBLEMS WITH THE SO-CALLED “MAJORITY RULE” – AAJ Trucking Litigation Group Members Only Event, AAJ Jazz Fest Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2014.
  
• DIRECT CLAIMS AGAINST A MOTOR CARRIER: The Allgeier Case and Best Arguments to Keep Kentucky on the Correct Side of the McHaffie Rule – Litigating Truck Wreck Cases, Hebron, Kentucky, June 2013.

Published Works

Articles

• THE CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE AND “REAL” DISCOVERY, AAJ Trucking Litigation Group, Journal of Trucking Litigation, 2016
  
• CURRENT AND EMERGING ISSUES IN TRUCKING LITIGATION, AAJ Trucking Litigation Group, AAJ Annual Conference, 2014
  
• STOPPING TRUCKING COMPANIES FROM SWEEPING NEGLIGENT ACTS UNDER THE RUG, PART II, AAJ Trucking Litigation Group, Journal of Trucking Litigation, 2014
  
• A STRATEGIC RESPONSE TO A TACTICAL ADMISSION: What to do when employers concede vicarious liability to conceal their negligence, The Lawyer’s Logbook, Part I - April/May, Part II - June/July, 2013
  
• MOTOR CARRIER LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO PROPERLY HIRE, TRAIN, AND SUPERVISE DRIVERS, Truck Accident Litigation, Third Edition, 2012
  
• TRUCKING LITIGATION DAMAGES – A State by State Summary, Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee, January, 2012
• RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR AS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE: How Employers Immunize Themselves From Direct Negligence Claims, 109 Mich. L. Rev. 657, February, 2011

Bar Admissions

• Missouri
• Illinois

Other Affiliations

• The Missouri Bar, Member
• The Illinois Bar, Member
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
• KCMBA Bar Leadership Academy
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, Member
• American Association for Justice
• AAJ Trucking Litigation Group