John W. Burns
John W. Burns
John W. Burns Of Counsel to the firm of Karasyk & Moschella, LLP.
In John’s thirty plus years of practice he has proudly represented thousands of law enforcement officers. He started his legal career representing members of the NYC Transit Police PBA in investigative, disciplinary, civil and criminal matters. He also represented members of the Uniform Firefighters Association (UFA). He then served as an Assistant District Attorney, Kings County, for six years, the last two as Senior Trial Assistant, investigating and prosecuting assaults on law enforcement officers from 1992- 1998.
John spent the next 16 years representing members of the NYC PBA in civil rights matters in both state and federal court. Prior to joining Karasyk & Moschella, he served for five years at the Office of Trials and Administrative Hearings (OATH) (2015-2020) as First Deputy Commissioner and Supervising Administrative Law Judge. While at OATH he presided over 500+ disciplinary matters that were filed by the NYC Department of Corrections. John acquired a unique insight into the operations of DOC. He brings that wealth of experience and knowledge to his representation of the members of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association (COBA), Detectives’ Endowment Association (DEA) and the Lieutenant’s Benevolent Association (LBA). In addition, to his legal career John has been an Adjunct Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY for twenty years. (2000-2020)
Bar Admissions:
- New York State Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Courts of the Republic of Ireland
Education:
- The Law School of the Honorable Society of Kings’ Inns, Dublin, Ireland Barrister-at Law (B.L.)
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, New York, N.Y. Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice