Thomas V. Burch

Thomas V. Burch joined the University of Georgia School of Law faculty in 2011 after starting his academic career as an assistant visiting professor at the Florida State University College of Law in 2009. He supervises the law school's Appellate Litigation Clinic, which has represented clients before the Georgia Supreme Court; the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits; the Board of Immigration Appeals; the U.S. Office of the Pardon Attorney and the U.S. Supreme Court. With Burch's assistance, students communicate with clients, decide case strategy, write briefs and present oral argument. Their work has resulted in significant victories for their clients, including a rare clemency grant for a client who was serving a life sentence for a non-violent drug offense.

Burch also teaches Appellate Advocacy, and he co-teaches a mini-course called Persuading the Judge and Jury that is part of the law school's Edenfield and Hines Jurists in Residence programs. So far, he has co-taught the mini-course with Judge David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; Judge Bernice B. Donald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Judge Adalberto Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; Judge Stephanie D. Thacker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; Justices Charlie Bethel, Sarah Warren, Verda Colvin and Carla Wong McMillian of the Supreme Court of Georgia; and Judge Elizabeth Gobeil of the Georgia Court of Appeals. 

Burch has also published articles on various topics in the Utah Law Review, the Kansas Law Review, the Florida State University Law Review, the California Law Review Online, the American Arbitration Association Handbook on Dispute Resolution and the American Arbitration Association Dispute Resolution Journal, among others.

Burch earned bachelor's degrees in Spanish and finance, both from Mississippi State University. He earned his law degree from Florida State University, where he served as legislative editor of the Florida State University Law Review. He started his career as a litigation associate at King & Spalding in Atlanta.

Bar Memberships:
Georgia Bar (active)
Alabama Bar (inactive)
Florida Bar (inactive)
U.S. Supreme Court
Georgia Supreme Court
U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia