Ethan S. Burger, Senior Counsel

Email:  ethansb@maxlaw.us

A.B magna cum laude (Russian Area Studies) Harvard University, 1981; J.D. cum laude Georgetown University Law Center, 1989; Private Practice and Academia 1989 - Present (transactional lawyer, counselor, litigator, expert witness, author, and professor), concentrating in matters concerning cross-border business, professional responsibility, malpractice, corporate governance, economic crime (e.g. money laundering and international bribery), and employment issues relating to age and disabilities discrimination; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Scholar-in-Residence, American University School of International Service; Adjunct Professor, Universidad Sergio Arboledo (Bogota, Columbia); Arbitrator, D.C. Bar Attorney-Client Arbitration Board; Member of the American Bar Association Advisory Panel, International Section's Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering Committees, and the ABA's Standing Committee on Lawyers Professional Liability, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and the National Employment Law Association. Admitted to State and Federal Courts in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Mr. Burger is fluent in the Russian language.

A representative sampling of Mr. Burger's published articles includes:

• Will Law Firm RIFs Lead to More Age Discrimination Litigation?,
  Maryland Bar Journal, 57-58 (May 2009)
• Challenging Conventional Wisdom In U.S. Anti-money Laundering Practices,
  ACAMS Today, 51-53 (March/April 2009)
• International Legal Malpractice in a Global Economy: a Growing Phenomenon,
  Burger and Orban, Int'l Legal Practitioner, 157 (2004);
  
• International Legal Malpractice: Not Only Will the Dog Eventually Bark, It Will Also Bite,
  Burger, 38 St. Mary's Law Journal 4 (2007);
• The Future of Law School Faculty Hiring in Light of Smith v. City of Jackson,
  Burger and Richmond, 13 Va. Journal of Social Policy & Law 1 (2005);
• Silence on the Court, Lawyers Need to Speak Out Against Corruption in the Russian Judicial System,
  Burger, Legal Times, 54 (August 25, 2008).