In a diverse career, Glenn Burns has been an Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana, an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, partner with the firms Monroe & Leman as well as Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larman & Papale. He has handled criminal matters in such areas as white-collar criminal defense and prosecution of present and former public officials, banking, and corporate executives. Civil litigation includes defense of wrongful death, toxic tort, mass tort class actions, qui tam claims, legal and medical malpractice claims, and civil RICO matters. In non-litigation matters, Glenn has handled public utility regulation and internal investigations for government contractors, hospitals, and public utilities.

Paul E. Burns is a nationally-recognized attorney, arbitrator and mediator who has over 25 years of legal experience, 17+ years of which were in AMLAW 200 firms. His legal experience includes Litigation, Transactions and Counseling in Intellectual Property, Technology, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Entertainment/Digital Media, Internet/E-Commerce/Data Privacy, Commercial Contracts, Business Entities, Creditor’s Rights/Bankruptcy, Electronic Discovery, and Arbitration Law. He has been honored with inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for 17 years in a row, being named Lawyer of the Year in 2022 and 2023, an AV Pre-eminent rating for over 20 years, and appointments as (i) Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and the American Bar Association; (ii) Arbitrator/Mediator by the American Arbitration Association, CPR, the International Trademark Association (INTA), the Silicon Valley Tech List, and AIPLA; (iii) AIPLA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Chair, (iv) Federal Bar Association Chapter President and Board Member, (v) Copyright Society of the USA Chapter Chair, (vi) Licensing Executives Society Chapter Chair, (vii) Director of The Sedona Conference, and (viii) Adjunct Professor of Law at two top ranked law schools. Mr. Burns is admitted to practice in California, Arizona, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He received his B.S. and J.D., magna cum laude, from Boston College.

Area of Practice: Complex Criminal & Civil Litigation In a diverse career, Glenn Burns has been an Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana, an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, partner with the firms Monroe & Leman as well as Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larman & Papale. He has handled criminal matters in such areas as white-collar criminal defense and prosecution of present and former public officials, banking, and corporate executives. Civil litigation includes defense of wrongful death, toxic tort, mass tort class actions, qui tam claims, legal and medical malpractice claims, and civil RICO matters. In non-litigation matters, Glenn has handled public utility regulation and internal investigations for government contractors, hospitals, and public utilities.

Our firm’s founder, attorney Andrew C. Burrell, is a graduate of Mississippi College School of Law and has spent the past 18 years obtaining legal solutions on behalf of his clients. Mr. Burrell remains active in the youth of the community by coaching baseball in the Bayou view area of Gulfport, and umpiring for the local high association.