Professor Burman's Publications

Articles

Go to Wyoming Lawyer column citations

John M. Burman and Cameron T. Pestinger, Extending Standing to Non-Clients Moving to Disqualify Opposing Counsel in Wyoming, 19 Wyoming Law Review 259 (2019). Westlaw

Improving Wyoming's Attorney-Client Privilege, 18 Wyoming Law Review 257 (2018). Westlaw

Implementing Provider Aid in Dying in Wyoming, 17 Wyoming Law Review 1 (2017) (with Cameron T. Pestinger). Westlaw

Selected Speeches of John M. Burman, 16 Wyoming Law Review 130 (2016). Westlaw

Should Federal Judges Belong to or Openly Support Organizations that Promote a Particular Ideology?, 13 Wyoming Law Review 189 (2013). Westlaw | Hein Online

Ethics for Lawyers Who Represent Governmental Entities as Part of Their Private Practices, 10 Wyoming Law Review 357 (2010). Westlaw | Hein Online

The Ethical Duties of Prosecutors of Detainees Who Appear before Military Commissions, 18 Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review 69 (2008). Westlaw

Ethical Considerations When Representing Health Care Organizations, 8 Wyoming Law Review 373 (2008). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw

Response and Perspective: Non-SEC Whistle Blowing Obligations of Lawyers Who Represent Organizations, 46 Washburn Law Journal 127 (2006). Hein Online ǀ Washburn Law Journal ǀ Westlaw

Wyoming Attorneys' Pro Bono "Obligation", 5 Wyoming Law Review 421 (2005). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw 

Juvenile Injustice in Wyoming, 4 Wyoming Law Review 669 (2004). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw

Ethical Considerations When Representing Organizations, 3 Wyoming Law Review 581 (2003). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw 

Lawyers and Domestic Violence: Raising the Standard of Practice, 9 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 207 (2003). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw

The Role of Clinical Legal Education in Developing the Rule of Law in Russia, 2 Wyoming Law Review 89 (2002). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw

Oral Examinations as a Method of Evaluating Law Student, 51 Journal of Legal Education 130 (2001). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw 

New Ethical Rules for Attorneys - Providing Unbundled Legal Services, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2001, at 19. Westlaw

Conflicts of Interest in Wyoming, 35 Land & Water Law Review 79 (2000). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw

Tribute Dedication - Gerald M. Gallivan, 34 Land & Water Law Review [xix] (1999). Hein Online

Teaching in Russia:  You Don't Know What You've Got Till It's Gone, Wyoming Lawyer, June 1999, at 19. Westlaw

Case Note: Report of the Dean of the University of Wyoming College of Law, 33 Land & Water Law Review 801 (1998). Westlaw 

Meet UW's First Ewing T. Kerr/Rotary Fellow-Sasha Shibanov, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 1998, at 22. Westlaw

Alcohol Abuse and Legal Education, 47 Journal of Legal Education 39 (1997). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw 

Wyoming's New Comparative Fault Statute, 31 Land & Water Law Review 509 (1996). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw

Judicial Review of Medicaid Hospital and Nursing Home Reimbursement Methodologies under the Boren Amendment, 3 Annals of Health Law 55 (1994). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw   

Out-of-Class Assignments as a Method of Teaching and Evaluating Law Students, 42 Journal of Legal Education 447 (1992). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw  

Lender Liability in Wyoming, 26 Land & Water L. Rev. 707 (1991). Hein Online

Paying for Nursing Home Care: Medicaid and Planned Poverty, 25 Land & Water Law Review 471 (1990). Hein Online ǀ Westlaw    

Wyoming Lawyer: Ethically Speaking Column

Index to the Ethically Speaking Column (PDF)

Dealing with Incompetent Clients, 39 Wyoming Lawyer 20 (2016). Westlaw

Dealing with an Opposing Party Who Is Proceeding Pro Se, 38 Wyoming Lawyer 44 (2015). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

(Almost) Twenty Years of Ethically Speaking, 37 Wyoming Lawyer 52 (2014). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

A Lawyer as a Representative, Part IV: Negotiator, 37 Wyoming Lawyer 44 (2014). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

A Lawyer as a Representative, Part VIA: Guardians Ad Litem, 37 Wyoming Lawyer 50 (2014). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

A Lawyer as a Representative, Part VIA: Guardians Ad Litem, 37 Wyoming Lawyer 48 (2014). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

A Lawyer as a Representative, Part V: Evaluator, 37 Wyoming Lawyer 46 (2014). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

A Lawyer as a Representative, Part III: Advocate, 36 Wyoming Lawyer 42 (2013). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

A Lawyer as a Representative, Part II: Intermediator, 36 Wyoming Lawyer 42 (2013). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

A Lawyer as a Representative, Part I: An Advisor, 36 Wyoming Lawyer 40 (2013). Wyoming Lawyer

Lawyer Trust Account Rules Changed Recently, 36 Wyoming Lawyer 50 (2013). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

Good-Bye to All That, 36 Wyoming Lawyer 46 (2013). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

Forming the Lawyer-Client Relationship Part IV: Limited Representation, 36 Wyoming Lawyer 42 (2013). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

Forming the Lawyer-Client Relationship Part III: Special Considerations When Representing a New Organization, 35 Wyoming Lawyer 46 (2012). Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

Forming the Lawyer-Client Relationship Part II: Special Considerations when Representing an Organization. Wyoming Lawyer, October 2012, at 48. Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

Forming the Lawyer-Client Relationship, Part I: The Nature and Elements of the Relationship, Wyoming Lawyer, August 2012, at 40. Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

Incapacitated Lawyers, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2012, at 24. Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

Some Reflections After Teaching, Thinking, and Writing About Professional Responsibility for Over Twenty Years, Wyoming Lawyer, April 2012, at 48. Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

Lawyers' Duties to Tribunals: Part III - Protecting the Integrity of the Legal System, Wyoming Lawyer, February 2012, at 46. Westlaw | Wyoming Lawyer

Lawyers' Duties to Tribunals: Part II - Candor, Wyoming Lawyer, December 2011, at 46. Westlaw ǀ Wyoming Lawyer

9/12, Wyoming Lawyer, October 2011, at 50. Westlaw ǀ Wyoming Lawyer

Lawyers' Duties to Tribunals: Part I - Meritorious Claims and Defenses, Wyoming Lawyer, August 2011, at 40. Westlaw ǀ Wyoming Lawyer

Waiving a Conflict of Interest and Revoking that Waiver: Part III - Conflicts Involving Prospective and Former Prospective Clients, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2011, at 46. Westlaw ǀ Wyoming Lawyer

Waiving a Conflict of Interest and Revoking that Waiver: Part II - Future Conflicts and Conflicts Involving Former Clients, Wyoming Lawyer, April 2011, at 40. Westlaw ǀ Wyoming Lawyer

Waiving a Conflict of Interest and Revoking that Waiver: Part I - Current Clients, Wyoming Lawyer, February 2011, at 32. Westlaw ǀ Wyoming Lawyer

Judges' and Lawyers' Ethical Duty of Independence, Wyoming Lawyer, December 2010, at 34. Westlaw

Lawyers' and Judges' Ethical Duty of Competence, Wyoming Lawyer, October 2010, at 34. Westlaw

Duties to Prospective Clients, Wyoming Lawyer, August 2010, at 34. Westlaw

Should Prospective Clients Know if Law Firms Do Not Have Malpractice Insurance?, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2010, at 40. Westlaw

Ethics in Child Custody Proceedings: Changing from Client-Centered to Family-Centered Representation, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2010, at 40. Westlaw

Closing a Law Firm: Part II Sale of All or Part of a Law Practice, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2010, at 40. Westlaw

Closing a Law Firm: Part 1 Withdrawal from Representation and File Retention and Destruction, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2009, at 34. Westlaw

The Ethics of Requiring Retirement at Age 70 for Some Judges in Wyoming, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 2009, at 44. Westlaw

Wyoming Supreme Court Adopts New Code of Judicial Conduct, Wyoming Lawyer, Aug. 2009, at 40. Westlaw

Nelson Mandela: A Man and A Lawyer to Admire and Emulate, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2009, at 40. Westlaw

Business Transactions with Clients, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2009, at 40. Westlaw

Juvenile Court, Part IV: The Public Defender's Rules and Regulations for the Guardians ad Litem Program, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2009, at 42. Westlaw

Juvenile Court, Part III: More of the Legal Knowledge Reasonably Necessary to be a Competent Guardian ad Litem, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2008, at 42. Westlaw

Juvenile Court, Part II: Some of the Legal Knowledge Reasonably Necessary to be a Competent Guardian ad Litem, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 2008, at 38. Westlaw

Juvenile Court, Part I: The Rules of Procedure for Juvenile Courts and the Transfer of the GAL Program to the Public Defender's Office, Wyoming Lawyer, Aug. 2008, at 28. Westlaw

Dealing with an Opposing Party Who Is Proceeding Pro Se, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2008, at 40. Westlaw

An Attorney's Duties to Prospective and Former Prospective Clients Who Never Become Clients, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2008, at 38. Westlaw

An Attorney's Duties Regarding ADR, Including Mediation and Intermediation, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2008, at 36. Westlaw 

Prospective Clients and Clients with Diminished Capacity, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2007, at 44. Westlaw 

The Duty of Communication Under the New Wyoming Rules, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 2007, at 40. Westlaw 

Trial Publicity: Lawyers and Extrajudicial Statements, Wyo. Law., Aug. 2007, at 40. Westlaw

Communications About Legal Services Part II - the New Wyoming Rules, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2007, at 38. Westlaw

Communications about Legal Services - Part I The Constitutional Framework, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2007, at 38. Westlaw

An Attorney's Duty to Warn, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2007, at 36. Westlaw

The Disclosure of Confidential Information Under the New Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2006, at 42. Westlaw

Teaching Ethics (And Other Things) in Jordan, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 2006, at 42. Westlaw

Attorney's Ethical Obligations of Confidentiality Under the New Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct, Wyoming Lawyer, Aug. 2006, at 32. Westlaw

Supreme Court Adopts Changes to the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2006, at 36. Westlaw

Work Product Doctrine, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2006, at 38. Westlaw

Attorney Client Privilege in Wyoming, Part II: Waiver and Exceptions, Wyoming Lawyer, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2006, at 32. Westlaw

Attorney Client Privilege in Wyoming, Part I: The Basics, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2005, at 38. Westlaw

Who May Practice Law in Wyoming, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 2005, at 42. Westlaw

Wyoming's New Payment and Practice Standards for Guardians ad Litem in Juvenile Court, Wyoming Lawyer, Aug. 2005, at 34. Westlaw - Exhibit A, Westlaw

Defining the Practice of Law: An Update, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2005, at 38. Westlaw

Committee Recommends Changes to the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2005, at 38. Westlaw

Ownership, Access and Retention of Client Files: An Update, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2005, at 48. Westlaw

Representing a Parent in a High-Conflict Contested Custody Case, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2004, at 40. Westlaw

Lawyer's Fiduciary Duties, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 2004, at 42. Westlaw

Lawyer's Legal Duty to Clients, Wyoming Lawyer, Aug. 2004, at 38. Westlaw

Lawyer's Duty to Non-Clients, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2004, at 38. Westlaw

Professionalism and Leadership, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2004, at 16. Westlaw

Advising Clients about Non-Legal Factors, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2004, at 40. Westlaw

Defining the Practice of Law, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2003, at 40. Westlaw

Wyoming's New Disciplinary Code, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 2003, at 40. Westlaw

Recent Amendments to the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct Part II, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2003, at 48. Westlaw

Recent Amendments to the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct Part I , Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2003, at 46. Westlaw

Attorneys' Reporting Obligations, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2002, at 25. Westlaw

Indices to Ethical Issues Columns, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 2002, at 48. Westlaw

Representing Organizations, Part III: Conflicts of Interest, Wyoming Lawyer, Aug. 2002, at 37. Westlaw

Lawyer's Whistle-Blowing Obligations, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2002, at 49. Westlaw

Who Is the Client, and with Whom Should the Lawyer Interact?, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2002, at 37. Westlaw

Lawyers and Domestic Violence Part III, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2002, at 34. Westlaw  

Lawyers and Domestic Violence Part II , Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2001, at 37. Westlaw

Lawyers and Domestic Violence Part I , Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 2001, at 36. Westlaw

The Role of Trial Courts in Regulating Attorneys' Conduct, Wyoming Lawyer, Aug. 2001, at 12. Westlaw

Meritorious Claims and Defenses, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2001, at 12. Westlaw

Supervisory Responsibility of Lawyers, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2001, at 13. Westlaw

The Anti-Contact Rule and Communications with Government Entities, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2001, at 13. Westlaw 

The Anti-Contact Rule and Communications with Individuals or Entities Represented by Counsel, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 2000, at 12. Westlaw   

Special Ethical Duties of Government Lawyers, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 2000, at 14. Westlaw

Ownership, Access, and Retention of Client Files, Wyoming Lawyer, June 2000, at 13. Westlaw   

High Tech Ethics, Part II, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 2000, at 13. Westlaw

High Tech Ethics, Part I, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 2000, at 14. Westlaw

Lawyers and Extrajudicial Statements, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 1999, at 12. Westlaw

Lawyer as Witness, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 1999, at 12. Westlaw  

Litigation Guidelines and Third Party Audits, Wyoming Lawyer, Aug. 1999, at 12. Westlaw

The Duties of Lawyers Admitted Pro Hac Vice and Local Counsel with Whom They Associate, Wyoming Lawyer, June 1999, at 12. Westlaw

Representing Entities:  Confidentiality, Attorney-Client Privilege and Disclosure Issues, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 1999, at 12. Westlaw

A Lawyer's Time and Advice Are His Stock in Trade: Part 5, The Ethics of Alternative Fee Agreements, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 1999, at 13. Westlaw

Conflicts of Interest: Third Party Payers, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 1998, at 12. Westlaw

Conflicts of Interest:  Business Transactions with Clients, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 1998, at 13. Westlaw

A Lawyer's Time and Advice Are His Stock in Trade: Part 4, Wyoming Lawyer, Aug. 1998, at 13. Westlaw  

A Lawyer's Time and Advice Are His Stock in Trade: Part 3, Wyo. Law., June 1998, at 13. Westlaw

A Lawyer's Time and Advice Are His Stock in Trade, Part 2, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 1998, at 13. Westlaw

A Lawyer's Time and Advice Are His Stock in Trade: Part 1, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 1998, at 13. Westlaw

Wyoming's New Rules on Lawyer Advertising & Solicitation, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 1997, at 13. Westlaw

Support Staff Conflicts of Interest, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 1997, at 12. Westlaw

Conflicts of Interest in Criminal Defense, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 1997, at 13. Westlaw

Conflicts of Interest: Attorney Disqualification, Wyoming Lawyer, Feb. 1997, at 13. Westlaw

Conflicts of Interest: General Standards, Wyoming Lawyer, Dec. 1996, at 16. Westlaw

The Attorney Work Product Privilege, Wyoming Lawyer, Oct. 1996, at 15. Westlaw       

Disclosing Privileged Communications: a Lawyer's Duty to Warn, Wyoming Lawyer, Aug. 1996, at 17. Westlaw

The Duty to Disclose Privileged Communications:  Client Perjury, Wyoming Lawyer, June 1996, at 17. Westlaw

Ethical Issues, Wyoming Lawyer, Apr. 1996, at 14. Westlaw  

Books

Justice for Children: Manual for Guardians ad Litem in Juvenile Court & TPR Cases (Children's Justice Project, Wyoming Supreme Court 2010).

Professional Responsibility in Wyoming (Wyoming State Bar 2008).

Book Chapters

Substantial portions of Ethical Considerations When Representing Organizations, 3 Wyo. L. Rev. 582 (2003), were represented in S.  S. Fortney and V. R. Johnson, Legal Malpractice Law, Problems and Prevention 350-64 (Thomson-West 2007). Amazon

Ethical and Legal Implications of Domestic Violence on Practicing Law, Chapter 1B in The Impact of Domestic Violence On Your Legal Practice (2d ed., American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence 2004) Amazon