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Fred B. Burnside

Partner

Co-chair, Class Action Defense Group

T 206.757.8016 Seattle
T 415.276.6516 San Francisco
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Fred Burnside concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation, with particular emphasis on class-action defense, consumer financial services litigation, and hydroelectric relicensing litigation. He is co-chair of Davis Wright Tremaine’s class action defense group. Fred has counseled and represented numerous clients in class action lawsuits across the country, including Amazon.com, AOL, AT&T, eBay, Microsoft Corp., Providence Hospital Systems, Scholastic Inc., Shell Oil, Skype Inc., Starbucks, T-Mobile USA, The University of California, Verizon Wireless, and others.

Fred has served as deputy practice group chair, Hiring Committee member, Executive Committee member, and is currently a member of the firm’s Share Committee. He is also co-chair of the ABA’s Annual National Institute on Class Actions, former co-chair of the Consumer Law Subcommittee on Class and Derivative Suits, editor of the ABA Class Action Committee's Annual Survey of State Class Action Litigation, and is a member of the American Law Institute.

Class Action Litigation

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Consumer Financial Services Litigation, Federal Appellate Decisions

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Consumer Financial Services Litigation, State Supreme Court Appellate Decisions

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Consumer Financial Services Litigation, State Court of Appeals Decisions

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Consumer Financial Services Litigation, Federal Trial Court Decisions

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Land Use Litigation

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Admitted to Practice

  • Washington
  • California
  • Oregon
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Education

  • J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, cum laude
    • Note & Comment Editor; Malt & Barley Editor -  Wisconsin Law Review
    • Member, University of Wisconsin Moot Court Board
    • Recipient, Wisconsin State Bar Award for Highest Academic Achievement
    • Elected as Student Graduation Speaker
  • B.A., Philosophy, The Colorado College, with distinction
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Philosophy-Department Nominee for the Rhodes Scholarship
    • Recipient, Robert Lewis and J. Glenn Gray Awards for Scholarship in Philosophy

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Co-chair, Davis Wright Tremaine's Class Action Defense Group
    • Member, Davis Wright Tremaine’s Share Committee
    • Board Member of The William L. Dwyer American Inn of Court
    • Co-chair National Institute on Class Actions, Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee, American Bar Association
    • Washington State Liaison, Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee, American Bar Association
    • American Law Institute, Principles of Aggregate (Class Action) Litigation, Members Consultative Group

Professional Recognition

    • Named one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in Litigation: General Commercial (Washington) by Chambers USA, 2017-2020
    • Selected to "Washington Super Lawyers," Thomson Reuters, 2014-2020
    • Selected to "Washington Rising Stars," Thomson Reuters, 2007-2008, 2010-2012 
    • Named as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Commercial Litigation by Best Lawyers, 2013
    • Elected to American Law Institute
Ranked in Chambers USA 2020

Background

    • Associate, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, Calif.
    • Judicial Intern, Hon. Barbara B. Crabb (W.D. Wisc.), Madison, Wis.
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