Burleigh Singleton represents clients in commercial, construction, securities, and trust and estate disputes. Mr. Singleton focuses on trial work and has served as lead counsel or second chair in a wide variety of lawsuits and arbitrations in Georgia and throughout the United States.

While in law school, Mr. Singleton served as an editor on the Yale Law and Policy Review and was a Thurman Arnold Prize Finalist in the Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals. He was recognized as a Georgia "Rising Star" in Business Litigation, Construction Litigation and Estate & Trust Litigation by SuperLawyers magazine in 2008, 2009 and more recently in 2010 and 2011 for Business Litigation. He is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

*CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.

Professional & Community Activities

American Cancer Society, South Atlantic Division, Board Member

Gate City Bar Association, Member and past Board Member

St. Judes Recovery Center, Board Member

State Bar of Georgia, Committee on Women and Minorities in the Profession, Member

Visiting Nurse Health Care System, Board Member

2004 Class of Leadership Midtown

2005 Class of Leadership Georgia

Education

  • Yale Law School, J.D. (1996)
  • Emory University, B.A., History (1993)

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia (1996)

Clerkships

  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama — Honorable Myron H. Thompson

Who We Are

Suite 2800, 1100 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA, 30309-4528
USA
t +1 404.815.6201
f +1 404.541.3391

Burleigh L. Singleton

Experience Highlights

Contract dispute involving indemnity rights on alleged defective product
Assist international manufacturer with contract dispute in which plaintiffs claimed indemnity rights on allegedly defective product. Investigate and more
Represented the executor of estate in will dispute
Represented the executor of estate in will dispute and related dispute to recover assets of the estate.  (jury upheld validity of the will and more
Lead counsel for a non-profit healthcare organization
The firm served as lead counsel for a non-profit healthcare organization in the trial of a dispute concerning exemption from ad valorem taxes.  The more
Breach of contract litigation for Dash Crofts
Served as local counsel and lead trial counsel for Dash Crofts, of Seals & Crofts, a popular 1970s folk rock group, in defending claims for more