Jason Burge

Practice Areas

Jason Burge is the go-to attorney for victims of financial misconduct in single plaintiff, mass action, and class action cases against banks, loan servicers, stockbrokers, and investment firms.

Career

With a background in economics, Jason can distill complex financial transactions into terms that judges, arbitrators, and jurors can understand.

Jason represents individual and institutional investors and borrowers in securities fraud and lender liability cases in state court, federal court, and bankruptcy court, as well as FINRA arbitrations. He handles disputes involving allegations of statutory violations, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, and fraud from fact investigation through trial and appellate practice.

Additionally, Jason represents both plaintiffs and defendants in class action litigation. His work includes serving as interim lead counsel for a putative class of former beneficiaries of an ERISA pension plan of a liquidated insurance company in Puerto Rico and as lead counsel defending a Louisiana automotive insurer against multiple putative class actions alleging improper adjustment of total loss claims.

Professional Memberships

• New Orleans Bar Association, Member

• Public Investors Advocate Bar Association: Member; Former Editor-in-Chief, PIABA Bar Journal

Publications

He has published on securities and arbitration topics in the Tulane Law Review, Louisiana Law Review, and Gonzaga Law Review. Recent publications include:

• Jason W. Burge, Investors Cornered: The Risks of Securities-Backed Loans, 30 No. 2 PIABA B. J. 225 (2023)

• Jason W. Burge and Bradley R. Stark, Investors Cornered: “You Don’t Find Out Who’s Been Swimming Naked Until the Tide Goes Out,” 30 No. 1 PIABA B. J. 89 (2023)

Experience

Jason is an Appellate Practice Specialist, certified by the Louisiana Board of Specialization.

He is a former U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit clerk, and has argued before the U.S. Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits and the Louisiana Second, Third, and Fourth Circuits. He regularly briefs and argues state and federal appeals across a broad range of practice areas.

Work Highlights

Jason led the Fishman Haygood team that reached a nationwide class action settlement with Navient Solutions, LLC and Navient Credit Finance Corporation (“Navient”) which resulted in approximately $236 million in debt relief for private student loan borrowers, as well as $44 million in cash compensation. As stated in the class action lawsuit, Navient and its agents refused to recognize the discharges of these private student loans that were (a) to attend non-Title IV schools and programs or (b) made in excess of the cost of attendance, and continued to collect on the loans even after borrowers obtained bankruptcy discharges.

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