Linda Burns

Linda Burns is an experienced legal professional currently serving as a Legal Review Attorney at Herbert Smith Freehills since September 2019. Prior to this role, Linda worked as an Independent Contract Attorney at Wilk Auslander LLP from 2011 to 2019, focusing on project-based review management within a commercial litigation team. Earlier experience includes serving as an Associate Attorney at the Law Office of Jesse M. Siegel from 2008 to 2010, where responsibilities encompassed client representation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, particularly in white-collar defense cases. Linda also has a background in legal research and translation from work with the Human Rights Project at The John Marshall Law School and as a judicial extern at Argentina's Court of Appeals for Economic Crimes. Linda holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.