Bill Burst is an associate attorney in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller.  He joined the firm in 2009 and practices in the admiralty and maritime, energy and corporate litigation groups.  Bill has gained considerable experience in admiralty and maritime litigation, defense and indemnity matters, product liability claims, toxic tort matters, personal injury claims, vehicular accidents and property damage claims.

Representative Experience

• Multiple representations of offshore drilling rig owners in contractual defense and indemnity disputes
• Multiple representations in maritime personal injury claims
• Representation of silica sand suppliers in occupational injury litigation
• Representation of a shipyard in a property damage dispute
• Representation of insurers and insureds in 18-wheeler survivor/wrongful death action
  

Education

Bill earned his B.A.A., cum laude, in Business Administration including Management, Banking and Finance, and Marketing from Northwood University in 2006.  He earned his J.D., cum laude, in 2009 from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law where he was a member of the Loyola Law Review and served on its board as a Notes and Comments Editor.  Bill was a Moot Court staff and team member, placing first overall in the Intellectual Property and Privacy Law Moot Court Competition at John Marshall University Law School.  While at Loyola, Bill received several honors and awards including a Loyola College of Law Grant, the LaNasa-Greco Providence Law Scholarship, the Martinez Scholarship, the Alvendia Scholarship, and the Law Excellence Award in both Legal Research and Writing and Moot Court.

Admissions

• Admitted, Louisiana, 2009; United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  

Memberships

• Member, New Orleans, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Fifth Circuit Bar Association; New Orleans Mariners Club; Houston Mariners Club
  

Articles, Publications and Presentations

• Limitation of Liability - Effect of Notice to a Single Co-Owner, Louisianalawblog, May 2010.

Community Service

• SOLACE
• Volunteer, Father Harry Tompson Center
• Judge, LSBA High School Mock Trial Competition
• Judge, Loyola New Orleans College of Law Moot Court Competition
  
• Volunteer, Pro Bono HELP Program
  
• Volunteer, Rebuilding New Orleans
• Volunteer, Post Katrina Evacuation, PMAC - LSU
• Volunteer, Muscular Dystrophy Association
• Volunteer, Special Olympics
• Member, Kappa Alpha Order, Dallas, Texas