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About Venus Burns

Venus Burns is an Attorney at Dean Omar Branham Shirley, LLP based in Los Angeles. She earned her undergraduate degree from San Diego State University in 2005 and her law degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2009. Burns has represented individuals with asbestos-related diseases since 2009, focusing on giving voice to clients' stories and holding companies accountable for harm caused by asbestos-containing products.

She has achieved multiple favorable trial verdicts in California and Maryland. She is admitted to the California State Bar and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer from 2016 through 2019 and by the National Trial Lawyers from 2017 through 2019. Her cases have been recognized among the top verdicts in California in multiple years.

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Education

Thomas Jefferson School of Law
JD, 2009
San Diego State University
Undergraduate, 2005

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