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Julie Burnstein, a trial lawyer, represents both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial and business litigation matters, with an emphasis on healthcare, construction, real estate and trade secret and other intellectual property litigation. Julie was named to Business Tennessee's  2007 "150 Best Lawyers" for business litigation and was listed in the Nashville Business Journal's  2008 "Best of the Bar" for commercial litigation and as a "Future Star" in Benchmark: Litigation 2009  for her commercial and business litigation practice. She also was listed in VerdictSearch  "Top 100 Jury Verdicts of 2004" and the National Law Journal's  "Top 100 Verdicts of 2004" ($26.5 million verdict against HCA subsidiary). Julie has represented the firm's clients in cases in various jurisdictions, including Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Texas.

Julie has represented clients in various types of commercial and business litigation matters, including matters concerning misappropriation of trade secrets, business torts, breach of contract, insurance coverage, defamation and covenants not to compete. She represented a group of sellers in opposing claims for breach of a covenant not to compete contained in an asset purchase agreement, misappropriation of trade secrets and interference with business relations. After extensive discovery and motion practice, the case resolved favorably. Julie tried, to a favorable verdict, a misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty case arising from a former employee's theft of a customer list. She regularly represents an aircraft broker and obtained a favorable verdict in a trial arising from a dispute over a commission and successfully defended the company against claims for breach of contract, conversion and breach of fiduciary duty.

Julie is actively involved in representing several of the firm's health care clients in commercial disputes around the country. She has served as lead counsel in several litigated matters arising from the purchase or sale of assets by health care companies. Julie also represents the firm's clients in connection with physician disputes. She successfully litigated to judgment a matter applying the Tennessee Supreme Court's recent decision in Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, P.A. v. Udom, 166 S.W.3d 674 (Tenn. 2005) declaring physician covenants not to compete unenforceable. Nightingale's Healthcare News recently named Julie as one of 12 "Outstanding Healthcare Litigators" for 2007.

Julie also maintains an active construction and real estate litigation practice. She has experience representing owners, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in litigation and arbitration. For several years, Julie represented general contractors throughout Tennessee in exterior insulation finish system (EIFS) litigation. She has defended a concrete manufacturer in a class action which resulted in one of the first decisions interpreting the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and in which the court ultimately denied class certification. Julie has represented clients in easement and nuisance disputes and successfully tried adverse possession cases.

Julie is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations, the American Bar Association's Forum on the Construction Industry and the Nashville Bar Association's Corporate Counsel Committee. She serves on the board of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Harry Phillips Chapter of the American Inns of Court.

01/07/2003	Spoliation of Evidence
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11/18/2008	Five Boult Cummings Attorneys Included in Benchmark: Litigation 2009
08/22/2008	Four Boult Cummings Attorneys Named to the Nashville Business Journal's 2008 Best of the Bar
01/28/2008	Boult Cummings Attorney Named Outstanding Healthcare Litigator
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05/02/2008	What Every Corporate Attorney Should Know About E-Discovery and In-House Privilege
02/06/08 - 02/08/08	DRI Product Liability Conference
11/08/2007	Arbitration, Privilege, E-Discovery and Document Retention: What an In-house Counsel Needs to Know
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