Position: Partner

TEL: 919-755-1812

FAX: 919-755-0124

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Admitted: North Carolina

Law School: University of North Carolina, J.D.

College: Harvard

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Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation, Employment Law, Civil Rights, Appellate Practice, Mediation, ADR, Civil Rights

Additional Information: See: Darryl Howard v. City of Durham, et al.

; Dewayne Allen Dail v. City of Goldboro, et al. Burton received his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1971 and a Masters in Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina in 1974. After working as an administrator and consultant for rural health clinics in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, he received his law degree, with high honors, from UNC in 1980.

Before entering private practice in Raleigh in 1984, Burton was a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He has served as President of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, President of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, Chair of the ACLU-NC Legal Committee, Treasurer of Legal Aid of North Carolina, Co-Chair of the Civil Procedure Study Commission, and Vice-Chair of the Indigent Defense Services Commission. He currently serves as Legal Affairs Counsel for the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

In addition to his professional work, Burton has served as Chair of the board of the Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood and as a volunteer tutor/mentor for elementary school students through Wake County Communities in Schools.

Burton has received the Walter Clark Award from the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and the W.W. Finlator Award from the Wake County Chapter of the ACLU of North Carolina. He was selected as a member of Business North Carolina�s Legal Elite in the area of Litigation, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Labor and Employment and Personal Injury, and in Super Lawyers in the area of Appellate Practice. His practice includes civil rights and appellate advocacy.

Firm Members: Bradley Bannon