John F. Burleigh, the Firm's senior counsel, is a graduate of Cornell University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago , and is a graduate of the Harvard Law School ( cum laude ). Following law school, Mr. Burleigh practiced as a litigator with Cravath, Swaine & Moore, as a Staff Attorney to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and at Schwab Goldberg Price & Dannay. Mr. Burleigh specializes in litigation in the federal and state courts, as well as more generally in the areas of copyrights, trademarks, entertainment publishing and licensing.


Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1983
University of Chicago, M.A., Ph.D., 1978
Cornell University, B.A., with distinction, 1969


New York, 1984
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1984
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1984


jfb@jddlaw.com