Mark G. Burnette

With over 35 years experience as an attorney, Mr. Burnette specializes in small business law with a particular focus on the insurance agency industry. He has presented on many occasions to the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia and at the Georgia Insurance Expo in Athens, Georgia. He has also written numerous articles on various legal topics for the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia. Click here to review some of those articles. Mr. Burnette spent the first part of his legal career as a trial attorney, beginning in the State Attorney’s Office for Duval County, Florida, and then moving on to a small law firm in Winter Park, Colorado, before coming to the Atlanta, Georgia area in 1986, Mr. Burnette was an associate at two law firms, Branch, Pike & Ganz (now part of Holland & Knight) and Weekes & Candler, before forming Joyner & Burnette, P.C. in September 1992. Since then, Mr. Burnette has focused his practice on the representation of family owned and other privately held businesses and providing estate planning services to the owners of such businesses and other individuals. Mr. Burnette graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Hampden-Sydney College in 1976. While there, he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa society. He then went on to attend Duke University School of Law from which he graduated with distinction in 1979 with a Juris Doctor degree. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Florida later that same year. He was subsequently admitted to practice law in the State of Colorado in 1983 and then in the State of Georgia in 1986.

• Does Not Currently Practice Law
• Not Currently Accepting Clients

Colorado

Since 1983

Florida

Since 1979

Georgia

Since 1986

Of Counsel

Joyner & Burnette, P.C.

2010 - Current

Attorney-Owner

Joyner & Burnette, P.C.

1992 - 2009

Associate Attorney

Weekes & Candler, P.C.

1989 - 1992

Associate Attorney

Branch, Pike, & Ganz

1986 - 1989

Duke University School of Law

J.D. (1979) | Law

1976 - 1979

Honors: Graduated with distinction

Hampden-Sydney College

B.A. (1976) | Government and Foreign Affairs

1973 - 1976

Honors: Valedictorian, Phi Beta Kappa

Activities: Kappa Alpha fraternity, Student Honor Court prosecutor

Hometown Hero

City of Decatur, Georgia

2000

State Bar of Georgia  # 096220

Member

1986 - Current

Florida Bar Association

Member

1979 - Current

Starting, Managing, and Protecting An Insurance Agency-Selected Legal Issues, Principals Academy, Alpharetta, GA

April 26, 2017

Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia

Presentation to current and future owners of independent insurance agencies