Mark G. Burnette

Mark G. Burnette

Experienced Small Business Attorney
  • Business Law, Estate Planning, Probate
  • Colorado, Florida, Georgia
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Biography

With over 35 years experience as an attorney, Mr. Burnette specializes in small business law with a particular focus on the insurance agency industry. He has presented on many occasions to the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia and at the Georgia Insurance Expo in Athens, Georgia. He has also written numerous articles on various legal topics for the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia. Click here to review some of those articles. Mr. Burnette spent the first part of his legal career as a trial attorney, beginning in the State Attorney’s Office for Duval County, Florida, and then moving on to a small law firm in Winter Park, Colorado, before coming to the Atlanta, Georgia area in 1986, Mr. Burnette was an associate at two law firms, Branch, Pike & Ganz (now part of Holland & Knight) and Weekes & Candler, before forming Joyner & Burnette, P.C. in September 1992. Since then, Mr. Burnette has focused his practice on the representation of family owned and other privately held businesses and providing estate planning services to the owners of such businesses and other individuals. Mr. Burnette graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Hampden-Sydney College in 1976. While there, he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa society. He then went on to attend Duke University School of Law from which he graduated with distinction in 1979 with a Juris Doctor degree. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Florida later that same year. He was subsequently admitted to practice law in the State of Colorado in 1983 and then in the State of Georgia in 1986.

Education
Duke University School of Law
J.D. (1979) | Law
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Honors: Graduated with distinction
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Hampden-Sydney College
B.A. (1976) | Government and Foreign Affairs
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Honors: Valedictorian, Phi Beta Kappa
Activities: Kappa Alpha fraternity, Student Honor Court prosecutor
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Professional Experience
Of Counsel
Joyner & Burnette, P.C.
- Current
Attorney-Owner
Joyner & Burnette, P.C.
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Associate Attorney
Weekes & Candler, P.C.
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Associate Attorney
Branch, Pike, & Ganz
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Speaking Engagements
Starting, Managing, and Protecting An Insurance Agency-Selected Legal Issues, Principals Academy, Alpharetta, GA
Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia
Presentation to current and future owners of independent insurance agencies
Awards
Hometown Hero
City of Decatur, Georgia
Professional Associations
State Bar of Georgia  # 096220
Member
- Current
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Florida Bar Association
Member
- Current
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Colorado
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Florida
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Georgia
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Fees
  • Does Not Currently Practice Law
  • Not Currently Accepting Clients
Practice Areas
    Business Law
    Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
    Estate Planning
    Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
    Probate
    Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
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Website
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Contact & Map
Joyner & Burnette, P.C.
Suite 250
150 East Ponce de Leon Avenue
Decatur, GA 30030
Telephone: (404) 638-5891
Fax: (404) 638-5890