Paul Andrew Burnett’s dynamic personality and varied personal interests set the stage for a successful legal career.  By his own admission, he is as comfortable researching legal issues in the law library as he is arguing a case in open court.  Paul loves advocating for his clients and has spent much of his career litigating personal injury cases against large corporations and insurance companies.

Appearing to argue his cases in courts throughout the country (including in multiple appellate courts in California and Missouri), he prides himself on his attention to local rules and knowledge of substantive law.  Prior to his private practice work, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Justine E. Del Muro of the Jackson County Circuit Clerk and taught a course on Constitutional Law for students preparing to take the bar exam.

Paul graduated with distinction in the top ten percent of his law school class at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.  While in law school, Paul served as the Lead Note and Comment Editor for the UMKC Law Review—a position that did not exist until he filled it.  He left his own unique mark on the publication when his own comment, Fairness, Ethical, and Historical Reasons for Diversifying the Legal Profession with Longhairs, the Creatively Facial-Haired, the Tattooed, the Well-Pierced, and Other Rock and Roll Refugees, was published in the Fall 2002 issue.

Himself an Eagle Scout and movie fan, Paul showcased these two interests when he played an Eagle Scout alongside Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in the Merchant Ivory film Mr. & Mrs. Bridge.  It is no surprise that he tries every year to see all of the Academy Award nominated films—and he’s a huge baseball fan too!

Paul is a member of the Missouri, California, Montana, and Florida Bar Associations.

You can reach him at pbu@asyourattorney.com.