Thomas V. Burch
119 South Monroe Street, Suite 300
Tallahassee, FL 32301
850.222.7500
Experience
- Draft contracts, prepare operating resolutions, manage foreclosure proceedings, and counsel community development districts on their ongoing operations.
- Develop strategy, manage, and draft substantive motions in civil litigation, including utility, healthcare and real estate litigation.
Education
- Florida State University, J.D., cum laude, 2004
- Mississippi State Unversity, B.A., summa cum laude, 2001
Bar and Court Admissions
- Florida Bar, 2009
- Alabama Bar, 2006
- Georgia Bar, 2004
Professional Affiliations
- Georgia Bar Association (inactive status)
- Alabama Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association (inactive status)
Publications
- "Regulating Mandatory Arbitration", 2011 UTAH L. REV. _____ (forthcoming).
- "Manifest Disregard and the Imperfect Procedural Justice of Arbitration", 59 U. KAN. L. REV. 147 (2010).
- "The Effect of Forum Selection Clauses on District Courts' Authority to Compel Arbitration", AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION DISP. RESOL. J. (Nov.-Jan. ed. 2006)(with John Hinchey).
- "An Arbitrator's Authority to Award Bad Faith Attorney Fees", AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION DISP. RESOL. J. (May-July ed. 2005)(with John Hinchey).
- "Necessity Never Made a Good Bargain: When Consumer Arbitration Agreements Prohibit Class Relief, 31 FLA. ST. U. L. Rev. 1005 (2004).
- "Georgia General Assembly Adopts "Manifest Disregard" as a Ground for Vacating Arbitration Awards: How Will Georgia Courts Treat the New Standard?" GA. B.J. 10 (Feb. 2004)(with John Hinchey).
- "Doublethinking Privacy under the Multi-State Antiterrorism Information Exchange", 29 SETON HALL LEGIS. J. 147 (2004).
- "Non-State Actors in the Nuclear Black Market: Proposing an International Legal Framework for Preventing Nuclear Expertise Proliferation & Nuclear Smuggling by Non-State Actors", 2 SANTA CLARA J. INT'L L. (2004) (online).
Thomas V. Burch Practices in: Local Government and Community Development District