Paul E. Burns is a partner with the law firm of Gallagher & Kennedy, PA and concentrates his law practice in intellectual property, technology-related, and commercial litigation in California, Arizona and throughout the country. His mediation practice focuses on disputes involving patent infringement, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, license agreements, technology-related agreements, commercial contracts, employment relationships, franchise relationships, environmental, and all other types of disputes across industries as diverse as computers and information technology, entertainment, Internet and E-Commerce, biotechnology and pharmaceutical, health care, semiconductor processing, electronics, chemical, product manufacturing and distribution, publishing, insurance, and financial services, and professional services in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Burns is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, where he developed and teaches its first course on Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property. Mr. Burns serves as a neutral on the Commercial Panels of the American Arbitration Association in the Bay Area, Southern California and Arizona, and served on its Large, Complex Case Advisory Committee and National Patent Advisory Committee. Mr. Burns was Chair of the American Intelectual Property Law Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee from 2006-2008, and he presently serves on the Dispute Resolution Committee of the Intellectual Property Owner's Association. He presently holds leadership positions in the American Intellectual Property Law Association, Licensing Executives Society, The Copyright Society of the USA, and The Federal Bar Association. Mr. Burns is listed in Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, and is admitted to practice in California, Arizona, Texas, New York, DC, Massachusetts, Connecticut and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Burns is available to conduct mediations at TIP Mediation Services' offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Scottsdale/Phoenix, or at any other location convenient for the parties throughout the United States. Mr. Burns' mediation fees are commensurate with the size and complexity of the dispute, and he never charges for travel. To schedule a mediation with Mr. Burns, please call TIP Mediation Services toll free at 888-763-6263 or send an e-mail to info@tipmediation.com.