Jeffrey A. Burns
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Personal Injury
1100 Main Street, Suite 2600, Kansas City, MO 64105
About Jeffrey A. Burns
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
Education
- University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 1993Honors: With Honors
- Truman State, Kirksville, Missouri, 1978Major: Industrial Education
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Classes and Seminars
- Litigating Truck Collision Cases, American Association of Justice - Advanced Trial Advocacy College, 2009 - 2015
- Truck Safety in a Changing World, Truck Safety Coalition Sorrow to Strength Conference, 2013 - Present
- Perspectives From the Plaintiff’s Lawyer’s Playbook, USLAW , 2013 - Present
- Maximizing the Impact in a Truck Accident Case, Ohio Association for Justice Education Foundation, 2012 - Present
- Essentials for Proving Spoliation in Trucking Cases, American Association of Justice , 2012 - Present
- Driver Fatigue: the Company’s Responsibility , APITLA - National Interstate Trucking Super Summit, 2011 - Present
- Trucking Litigation Exposed – Bad Weather Collision Cases; Presenting Driver Training/Safe Driving Experts; Understanding Fatigue Cases - Beyond Hours of Service, 360 Advocacy Institute , 2011 - Present
- Using Investigation, Regulations and Discovery to Disprove Defenses, American Association Of Justice, 2011 - Present
- Regulatory and Statutory Update: CSA, EOBRs, HOS, Insurance, Size & Weight, American Association of Justice , 2011 - Present
- CSA 2010: Not Your Father’s Safe-Stat, American Association Of Justice, 2011 - Present
- Developing the Rules in a Trucking Case; Selection, Preparation & Direct Examination of the Accident Reconstruction Expert; Punitive Damages & Vicarious Liability, Trial Advocacy College , 2009 - Present
- Last Chance for Safety: The Truck Driver, Safety Presentation for EARP Distribution , 2009 - Present
- Beyond Auditing Logs - The Trucking Company's Obligation to Provide Fatigue Training, Fatigued Truckers: From Crash to Closing Argument, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2009 - Present
- The Three Rs: Rules, Regs & Reptiles, South Carolina Association for Justice Annual Convention, 2009 - Present
- Driver Fatigue, ITLG Members Only Trucking Litigation Seminar, 2008 - Present
- Discovery & Proof of Driver Fatigue, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association , 2007 - Present
- Fatigue and the Law, Wake Up Michigan Symposium , 2007 - Present
- Discovery & Proof of Driver Fatigue, Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers, 2007 - Present
- The Truck Safety Crisis - A National Outrage, Sorrow to Strength Truck Crash Victims' Conference, 2007 - Present
- Truck Litigation and D.O.T. Regulations, Kansas City. Missouri, 2006 - 2007
- Why Comprehensive Discovery is Reasonable and Necessary in a Truck Crash Case, ABA Transportation Megaconference VII, 2005 - Present
- Debunking Industry Myths - The Status of Truck Safety, Sorrow to Strength Truck Crash Victims' Conference, 2005 - Present
- The Trucking Industry's Capacity Crisis, Driver Shortage and Hours of Service - An Outside View, Freight Transportation Capacity Crisis Productivity Summit, The Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech, 2004 - Present
- Legal Developments Regarding Drowsy Driving, National Summit to Prevent Drowsy Driving, National Academy of Sciences, 2002 - Present
- How to Prepare A Truck Crash Case for Trial, Phoenix, Arizona, 2001 - Present
- ABCs of Highway Safety, Sorrow to Strength Truck Crash Victims' Conference, 1999 - Present
- Hours of Service Reform and Potential Shipper Responsibility, Roundtable of the Counsel of Logistics Management , 1999 - Present
- Cutting-Edge Truck Safety Issues, Sorrow to Strength Truck Crash Victims' Conference, 1998 - Present
- Hot Topics in Truck Crash Litigation - Fatigue and Blind Spots, Kansas City, Missouri, 1997 - Present
- Problem Areas in Truck Crash Litigation, Sorrow to Strength Truck Crash Victims' Conference, 1997 - Present
- Obtaining Justice: Criminal vs. Civil Legal Systems, Sorrow to Strength Truck Crash Victims' Conference, 1996 - Present
- Fatigue as a Cause of Truck Crashes, Fatigue and Highway Safety Conference - Vancouver, Washington, 1995 - Present
- Sleep Deprivation: America's Hidden Nightmare, Symposium on Fatigue - San Francisco, California, 1994 - Present
- Developing Areas in Premises Liability - Effective Motion Practice, Practical Skills Course, Praparing Accurate Settlement Documentation, Settlement of Minors' Claims, 1987 - 1996
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Missouri, 1983
Other Affiliations
- Transportation Research Board ( Current Member and Former Friend of the Board)
- Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section ( Vice-Chair)
- Truck Ligation Group for the American Association for Justice (Current Member, and Former Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary)
- National Freight Advisory Committee (Former Member)
- Alliance for Safe Highways, Missouri/Kansas (Former Director )
- Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) (Board Member)
- Parents Against Tired Truckers (PATT) (Board Member)
- Center for Truck Safety (C.T.S.) (Former Director)
- The Brain Injury Association of Kansas City and Greater Kansas City (Former Director)
- National Registry of Who's Who
- The Missouri Bar (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member)
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Member)
Past Positions
- Shook, Hardy & Bacon, P.C., Attorney, 1985 - 2005
- Honorable Elmo B. Hunter, U.S. District Judge, Western District of Missouri, Law Clerk
Articles
Published Works
- Truck Driver Fatigue, A Primer, Bar Association, 2nd Edition, 2012 Truck Accident Litigation
- Handling a Plaintiff's Truck Crash Case - What You Don't Know Can Hurt You and Your Client, American Bar Association, 2nd Edition, 2012 Truck Accident Litigation
- Asleep at the wheel?, Trial Magazine, November, 2002
- Debunking Truck Industry Myths: The Status Of Truck Safety, Sorrow to Strength Truck Victims Conference, October, 2005 Conference in washington, D.C.
- Missouri Practice - Litigation Guide, West Publications, VOL. 2 and 2A, 2002
- Missouri Practice - Litigation Guide, West Publications, VOL. 2 and 2A, 1992
- Missouri Bar Annual Update of the Law - Civil Procedure, 2007
- Truck Crash Cases - The Unlevel Playing Field, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 1999
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Wrongful Death, Civil Litigation, Nursing Home Abuse
- 29 years of experienceHealth Care Law, Nursing Home Abuse, Personal Injury, Sex Crimes, Wrongful Death
- Insurance, Personal Injury
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