JB solves problems and provides strategic direction for the firm. He represents lawyers and helps engineer career turn-arounds. He also teaches courses at University of Richmond School of Law, where he has served as a professor and active mentor for more than 30 years. In 2024, Routledge published his book entitled Raising the Bar: The Mentor Guidebook for New Lawyers.
Jack W. (JB) Burtch Jr.
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell (highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards), 1987–present
The Best Lawyers in America
Listed in labor and employment categories, 1987–present
Virginia Super Lawyers
Listed in employment and labor, 2006–present
Top 50 Super Lawyers
Richmond, 2019
Virginia, 2009
Leader in the Law
Honored for significant contributions to the legal profession and community at large — Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2009
Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation — 2013
Virginia Business Magazine Legal Elite
Listed in labor and employment, 1999–present
Virginia federal and state courts
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
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 — Richmond, Virginia — 1994–present
Negotiations; Interviewing and Counseling
Hunton & Williams LLP
Labor and employment team — Richmond, Virginia
Vanderbilt University Law School
Nashville, Tennessee — J.D.
Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut — B.A., cum laude
Select Publications
Raising the Bar: The Mentor Guidebook for New Lawyers
2024
Select Presentations
Liberties and Liabilities: Ecclesiastical Defenses and Covid-19
Virginia CLE — Webinar — November 17, 2021
Protecting Your Church Organization in Today’s Legal Environment
Union Presbyterian Seminary Leadership Institute — Richmond, Virginia — 2014–2019
Vendor Services Agreements: A Primer
Virginia Association of Independent Schools, Business Officers Institute — Charlottesville, Virginia — April 5, 2019
Select Articles
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
Virginia State Bar
Executive Committee, past member
Conference of Local Bar Associations, past chair
Senior Lawyer Conference, past chair
Virginia Bar Association
Labor and Employment section, member
Richmond Bar Association
Various committees, past member
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Past senior warden — Richmond, Virginia
The Diocese of Virginia (Episcopal)
Trustee