L. Eden Burgess
Associate
Eden's practice focuses on general litigation matters and related issues, primarily in the areas of art, cultural property and museum law, intellectual property, environmental, bankruptcy and contract. Her intellectual property experience includes patent- and copyright-related cases. In the bankruptcy area, Eden has experience representing clients in adversary proceedings concerning fraudulent conveyances and preferences. Her environmental litigation experience includes private contribution actions and brownfield redevelopment efforts. Eden has also been active in alternative dispute resolution.
Publications
- Contributing Editor, Yearbook of Cultural Property Law
- Co-Author, "Art Market" Chapter in Yearbook of Cultural Property Law (2009)
- Contributor/Assistant, "Art Market" Chapter in Yearbook of Cultural Property Law (2008)
- "Museum Governance Developments: Trustees Taking Greater Responsibility" Yearbook of Cultural Property Law (2007)
- Contributor/Assistant, "Art Market" Chapter in Yearbook of Cultural Property Law (2007)
- Contributor/Assistant, "Art Market" Chapter in Yearbook of Cultural Property Law (2006)
In The News
- Eden, along with Tom Kline, was featured in the June issue of Legal Bisnow.
Events
- "What is Art Law? Art, Cultural Property and Museum Law and Practice" (October 21, 2009)
- "Art and Cultural Property Displaced by War and Other Conflict," George Washington Museum Studies Program (March 2008 and March 2009)
- "The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as Applied to Recent Art Restitution Disputes," The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law (October 8, 2007) (Co-presenter)
