Richard Gary Burt
Sole practitioner at Richard Burt Professional Law Corporation
Richard Burt has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting contracts for business and real estate transactions; contracts for business relationships such as buy-sell agreements, shareholder agreements, and employment agreements; and forming and maintaining business entities like corporations and LLC's. His typical clients are the owners of closely held businesses, and professionals such as doctors, architects, and lawyers, and high-level executives. He also has served as an expert witness on business law matters on a number of occasions.
Mr. Burt started practicing law in 1973 as a lawyer in the enforcement Division of the SEC in its home office in Washington, D.C. He then worked for a large D.C. law firm, then known as Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (now Wilmer Hale). Mr. Burt moved to the Bay Area in 1979 and worked for a medium-sized law firm in San Jose before opening his own office in 1984.
Mr. Burt is a co-author of CEB's book, Forming and Operating California Limited Liability Companies. He has also spoken at CEB seminars as well as seminars produced by the county bar and other organizations.
CEB Region:
Bay Area Region
