Gerald ( P. Burleson

Jerry Burleson is an ethical California lawyer who devotes a large part of his practice to legal representation of minority shareholders of privately held corporations who have been treated inequitably, ripped off, denied their shareholder rights, or otherwise in some way denied the benefit of their investment in a corporation because of the improper actions of corporate insiders or other persons in control of the corporation including majority shareholders, executive employees, corporate officers and directors.
Jerry also counsels and represents corporate directors, officers and executive employees who are faced with challenging ethical and legal issues in the performance of their responsibilities and in carrying out their fiduciary duties to the corporation and its shareholders.
Jerry’s education and experience are well suited to the demands and challenges of his professional work. He earned his BBA (bachelor in business administration) and JD (law degree) at the University of Houston, in Texas. Jerry also earned an LLM (master of laws degree) in taxation at Golden Gate University, in San Francisco. He is licensed as an attorney in California and in Texas. He now actively practices law in California.
Jerry has served as legal counsel to companies in connection with their sales and acquisitions of subsidiaries and for several years he worked as an intermediary in mergers and acquisitions of middle market companies. In his present legal practice Jerry devotes his professional time and skill to court cases and arbitrations, and consulting with clients on issues that may develop into court cases and arbitrations.

University of Houston - Downtown

J.D. | BBA (bachelor in business administration) and JD (law degree)

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