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Jeff founded Burns Firm in 2021 to serve hard-working individuals and small businesses needing legal services to start, grow, and protect their livelihoods and nest eggs. Jeff has experienced thousands of lawsuits as a former commercial litigator and former Circuit Court judge, and he can draw on this wealth of experience to assist his clients with their needs. Jeff concentrates his law practice on business law, real estate law, property law, water law, asset-protection law, and simple estate planning. Before he took the bench as a Circuit Court judge, Jeff concentrated on complex commercial litigation, local government representation, and appellate law....

The law offices of W. Jeffrey Leonard boasts over 34 years of legal experience.

Jeffrey Burns, Esq. has been practicing law in Dallas County ever since being admitted to practice law in the State of Texas. Jeffrey graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he found his passion for business law.

During law school, Jeffrey took part in the Cooley Law Journal where he received an award for Outstanding Associate Editor. He graduated Magna Cum Laude, with the highest honors, in the top ten percent of his class.

Today Jeffrey regularly volunteers with Legal Aid of North West Texas to assist lower income individuals with their legal matters. These include drafting wills, landlord tenant...

Jeff is licensed to practice in all state courts, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. He currently is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Austin Bar Association, Austin Business Executives League (ABEL), and Business Networking International (BNI). Jeff’s legal practice focusses primarily on business & commercial litigation, collections, business transactional law, business entity formations, mergers & acquisitions, contracts, wills, trusts, estate planning, and probate. Jeff is also a certified Mediator. He mediates legal disputes in family, business, and civil law.

Jeff graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA...

Graduate of Stanford University (1969) and UC Davis School of Law (1973). Practice is limited to estate planning, probate and small business formation. Fees for estate planning and living trusts are the most competitive in the San Joaquin Valley. Specialist in Medi-Cal estate planning.