Burnie Burner

Member

Bar Admissions: Texas

Education

B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin, with honors, 1973
J.D., University of Texas at Austin, with highest honors, 1975
Order of the Coif
Admitted to practice before all Texas Courts
Admitted to practice in U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Admitted to practice in U.S. District Court, Western and Southern Districts of Texas

Professional Experience

Burnie Burner brings over 30 years of legal experience to Mitchell Williams. He regularly represents clients in mergers and acquisitions and in matters before the Texas Department of Insurance. A registered lobbyist, Mr. Burner also represents clients before the Texas Legislature. Mr. Burner recently served as the Chair of the State Bar of Texas Insurance Trust, and has previously chaired bar committees of insurance, public services, and delivery of legal services to the elderly. His representative experience includes service as General Counsel of Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Association since its inception in 1988; as General Counsel for Texas Association of Benefit Administrators since its inception in 1985 and as General Counsel for Facility Insurance Corporation, the privatization of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Assigned Risk Pool, from inception until 2001. His practice includes the full spectrum of insurance business and related matters.

Other Activities

Austin Bar Association, Administrative Law Section; American Bar Associations, Tort and Insurance Law Sections; State Bar of Texas, Insurance Law Section; Federation of Regulatory Counsel.