Robert Burlison
Owner and Mediator in La Canada, California
Robert Burlison has over three decades of experience in the legal profession, with most of this time being spent with the Pasadena, California-based Burlison Law Group. While with the firm, which he founded in 1986, Robert Burlison was involved in a variety of cases spanning several legal areas, including contract litigation and personal injury, among others.
Before entering the legal world, Mr. Burlison attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he graduated with a BA in political science. He went on to earn a JD from Pepperdine Law School. During his time studying the law, he was published several times for cases he handled, and was successful in obtaining 100s of verdicts and/or settlements for clients in the millions of dollars, representing a large diversity of clients, including Beverly Lee of the singing group, The Shirelles, as well as numerous case with large numbers of plaintiffs with substantial damage claims.
Alongside his career, Mr. Burlison is involved in several philanthropic causes and organizations, such as Kiwanis International, and was affiliated with two of its clubs. While with the organization, he helped organize a 13,000-mile motorcycle journey across the United States to help raise funds to eliminate tetanus worldwide.