Awards and Recognition

Rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell (highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards), 1987-present

Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers in employment and labor, 2006-present

Named one of “Top 50 Super Lawyers” in Richmond, 2019

Named one of “Top 50 Super Lawyers” in Virginia, 2009

Honored as a “Leader in the Law” for significant contributions to the legal profession and community at large, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2009

Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation, 2013

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in labor and employment categories, 1987-present

Listed in Virginia Business Magazine Legal Elite in labor and employment, 1999-present

Court Admission

Virginia federal and state courts

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Supreme Court of the United States

Experience

Burtch Law PLLC, Attorney; Richmond, Virginia, 2016-present

Macaulay & Burtch, PC, Principal and founding partner; Richmond, Virginia

McSweeney, Burtch & Crump, Principal and founding partner; Richmond, Virginia

University of Richmond School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law (Negotiations; Interviewing and Counseling); Richmond, Virginia, 1994-present

Hunton & Williams, Labor and employment team; Richmond, Virginia

Education

Vanderbilt University Law School; Nashville, Tennessee | JD

Wesleyan University; Middletown, Connecticut | BA, cum laude

Select Presentations

“Protecting Your Church Organization in Today’s Legal Environment,” Union Presbyterian Seminary Leadership Institute, Richmond, Virginia, 2014-2019

“Vendor Services Agreements: A Primer,” Presentation for the Virginia Association of Independent Schools,
Business Officers Institute,
Charlottesville, Virginia, April 5, 2019

Publications

“Advice to my Younger Self,” Virginia Lawyer, April 2018

“Make Your Age an Asset,” Virginia Lawyer, February 2017

“An Interview with Jack W. ‘JB’ Burtch: A Look at Forty Years of Law and Technology,” Virginia Lawyer, April 2015

“The Wise Lawyer Knows How and When to Cease and Desist,” Virginia Lawyer, June/July 2014

“Difficult Clients Sharpen Our Game,” Virginia Lawyer, June/July 2013

“Stay Tuned,” Virginia Lawyer, April 2011

“Lawyers as Counselors,” Virginia Lawyer, April 2010

“Retire or Refresh: One Lawyer’s Perspective,” Virginia Lawyer, April 2009

“Meeting the Midcareer Challenge Head-On,” Virginia Lawyer, April 2008

“What the New Associate Wants to Tell the Senior Partner,” Virginia Lawyer, April 2007

“Jump Start Your Career: Tips for New Lawyers,” Virginia Lawyer, April 2006

“Mentoring: A Two-Way Street,” Senior Lawyer News, Spring 2005

“The Mentor Challenge in Changing Times,” Virginia Lawyer, October 2002

“Risks in Interviewing the Sexual Harassment Client,” American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1995-1996

Activities

Virginia State Bar
Executive Committee, past member
Conference of Local Bar Associations, past chair
Senior Lawyer’s Conference, past chair

Virginia Bar Association

Richmond Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
Various committees, past member

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Past senior warden, Richmond, Virginia

The Diocese of Virginia (Episcopal)
Trustee