State Bar #91489 backs Robert Burns, licensed in 1980, admitted to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in 1984 and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1986, running a solo practice from 4877 Voltaire St since 1982. Family law work covers divorce, legal separation, custody, visitation, and support modification, with contested-custody files building therapy and co-parenting records from clinicians such as Transitions Counseling directly into the evidentiary packet. Probate litigation handles will contests, trust disputes, creditor claims, and accounting challenges for beneficiaries of OB and Point Loma estates. Personal-injury representation covers auto collisions, premises claims, and dog-bite cases, with medical specials built from treatment records at providers including Ambert Family Chiropractic. The office is ASL proficient, so hearing-impaired clients can meet without booking a third-party interpreter. The most complex matters are contested probate trials involving disputed trust amendments, questionable caregiver gifts, and competing family heirs — the kind of 10-plus day bench trials where federal and U.S. Supreme Court bar admissions earned since the 1980s actually move the needle.