Mr. William W. Burns

CITY OF SAN JOSE

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Business Law: Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Criminal Law: Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes

Personal Injury: Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

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Professional Experience

SENIOR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY: CITY OF SAN JOSE; Current; REPRESENTED REAL PROPERTY AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS. LITIGATION IN PUBLIC WORKS, REAL PROPERTY, AND CONTRACT CASES ON BEHALF OF CITY

ATTORNEY IN PRIVATE PRACTICE: LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM W. BURNS; 1982 - 2010; PRACTICE EMPHASIZING LITIGATION AND TRIAL IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS. I HAVE REPRESENTED INDIVIDUALS IN ALL TYPES OF CRIMINAL CASES THRU JURY TRIAL IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS WITH A GREAT MEASURE OF SUCCESS. MY CASELOAD HAS INCLUDED SOIL AND WATER CONTAMINATION (BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS; WRONGFUL DEATH; PRODUCTS LIABILITY; AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT INJURY; BREACH OF CONTRACT AND FRAUD.

SENIOR DEPUTY ATTORNEY: DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SANTA CLARA COUNTY; 1970 - 1977; TRIAL ATTORNEY-CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES. TRIED MORE THAN 50 CASES TO JURY VERDICT. ALSO MOTIONS AND APPEALS.