Background
Burch, John V. was born on August 23, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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John V. Burch
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University of Georgia (Bachelor of Arts, 1965. Juris Doctor, 1967).
Career
Transamerica Insurance. Company v. United States., 989 F.2d 1188 (Federal Circuit 1993); Employers Insurance of Wausau v. Construction Management Engineers of Florida, Incorporated., 377 South.E.2d 119 (Court Appendix South Carolina (U.S.) 1989); Johnson Controls, Incorporated. v. Safeco Insurance. Company, 261 Georgia. 364. 404 South.E.2d 556 (1991); Ramsey v. Thomas, 133 Georgia. Appendix 869, 212 South.E.2d 444 (1975).Worked at Bovis, Kyle & Burch (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in General Civil, Corporate and Insurance Practice. Trials and Appeals. Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fraud and Arson Defense, Products Liability, Workers Compensation, Fidelity and Surety, Construction, Commercial, Bankruptcy, Estate Planning, Taxation, Real Estate Law, Local Government Law, Condemnation, Medical Malpractice and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Georgia.
Phi Delta Phi.
Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review, 1966-1967. Company-Author: "Agreement of Indemnity Monography," Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association, 1996. "The Surety"s Right of Subrogation," The Law of Suretyship, I, II, III & IV, American Bar Association.
"Performance Bond Claims," Handling Fidelity, Surety and Financial Risk Claims, Wiley Law Publication, 1990.
Author: "Cross-Collateralization of Contract Proceeds," Surety Claims Institute, Fidelity and Surety Program, June 1994. "Cash Collateral Litigation and the Surety," American Bar Association Annual Meeting of The Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Practice and the Surety, August, 1993.
"Crime Policies and Other Insuring Agreements," 1996 Fidelity Bond Program. "Crime Policies and Other Insuring Agreements (or Policy Interpretations Become Curiouser and Curiouser)," American Bar Association National Institute of Fidelity Bonds, November 1991.
"The Surety"s Responsibility Where There Is a Variation Between the Bond & Statutory Requirements (Or Who Wrote This Damn Thing?)--With Emphasis on Georgia Law," 1996.
"Recent Developments in Georgia Law," 1995. "Life After Transamerica v. United States of America-A Partial Overview of Cross Collateralization," 1994.
"Back to Bankruptcy Basics for the Bond Bunch," 1993.
"Pre-Bankruptcy Agreement to Abandon an Executory Construction Contract-A New Tool for the Surety", 1992. "Some Considerations in Drafting the Takeover and Completion Contracts-Or How to Stay Out of the Box", 1991.
"A Potpourri of Payment Bond Problems", 1990. "Southern Surety & Fidelity Claims Association.
The Inventory Exclusion Revisited - The Search for Ariadne"s Thread," Surety Claims Institute, June, 1990.
"Third-Party Beneficiaries to the Construction Contract Documents," The Construction Lawyers, April, 1988. Director, Program Chairman, 1991-1992 and President, Southern Surety and Fidelity Claims Association. Member: State Bar of Georgia.
American Bar Association (Member: Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section.
Forum Committee on the Construction Industry. Litigation Section); The Association of the Trial Lawyers of America.
The Firm"s practice can be divided into two primary areas of concentration: litigation and business. The largest sector of our practice is in the litigation area representing a number of insurance companies and self-insureds in the areas of casualty, personal injury, product liability, property, and workers" compensation.
The firm also has a substantial fidelity and surety practice.
The business and corporate sector of the firm represents several small to medium size corporations and several local banks. The diversified commercial services provided to international clients are in such areas as bankruptcy, commercial law, tax, contracts, and real estate. The litigation and business practices are often combined in handling complex commercial litigation matters such as enforcing debtor or creditor rights, bankruptcy litigation, construction litigation and corporate litigation.
Additionally, the firm provides services for a number of individual clients in conjunction with probate and estate planning matters.
The firm is also the city attorneys for Alpharetta, Georgia.
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Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review, 1966-1967.
