Gregory M. Burts

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Gregory is a graduate of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where he served as the Comment & Symposium Editor for the Loyola Maritime Law Journal. Gregory also served as President of the Federalist Society. In the Spring of 2019, he received the Chair Award from the Advisory Board of the Loyola Maritime Law Journal for Best Comment. Gregory enjoys fishing and hunting waterfowl on his family’s property in Grand Chenier, Louisiana, and participating in Mardi Gras festivities as a Member of the Krewe of Bacchus.

Areas of Practice
  • Admiralty & Maritime
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury
  • Corporate Counseling & Formation
  • Real Estate Transactions
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, 2020
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 2020
Education
  • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (2020)
    • Juris Doctor, Cum Laude
    • Awards
      • Chair Award (2019)
      • Law Excellence Award (2019)
      • Law Excellence Award (2019)
      • Deans Scholarship Recipient (2017-2020)
  • George Mason University (2016)
    • Major: Conflict Analysis and Resolution
    • Minor: History
Publications
  • Enforcing Exploration and Production Contracts in the South China Sea: Investor-State Dispute Resolution as a Sui Generis Solution (upcoming 2020)
  • An Overview of Maritime Law (2020)
  • California Court Issues Bellwether Ruling on COVID-19 and DOHSA (2020)
  • Fifth Circuit Reject’s Chevron’s Interpretation of Valladolid and Herb’s Welding in Recent Case (2020)
  • Asbestos Claimant Barred by Longshore Act State Statute of Limitations (2019)
  • Determining the Scope of the McCorpen Defense in the Eastern District of Louisiana (2019)
  • Failure to Warn on the High Seas of the Eleventh Circuit (2019)”