Summer Rose Burgess

Summer Rose Burgess

Summer joined Richardson Law Group, PLLC as a civil litigation attorney in 2020.

Professional Experience
Senior Associate, Richardson Law Group, 2025
Associate, Richardson Law Group, 2020
Student Attorney, University of Kentucky Legal Clinic, Spring 2020
Law Clerk, Mattmiller Crosbie, PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, Summer 2019 – Spring 2020
Law Clerk, Judge Phillip J. Shepherd, Franklin Circuit Court, Frankfort, Kentucky, Summer 2018


Education
University of Kentucky College of Law, Juris Doctor, May 2020
University of South Florida, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & International Studies, summa cum laude, May 2015


Publications:
Student Note: Looking Through An Originalism Lens To Resolve The Legislator-Led Prayer Circuit Split, 108 KY. L. J. Online 1 (2019)


Accomplishments, Honors, and Affiliations
Special Features Editor, Kentucky Law Journal
Trial Advocacy Board, Member
University of Kentucky College of Law Honor Council
Tax Preparer, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
University of Kentucky College of Law Pro Bono Award
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society


Bar Admissions
Commonwealth of Kentucky

Representative Matters

June 2025, Clay County, KY

Virgil Collins v. Manchester Shopping Center, LLC, et al . Melissa Richardson and Summer Burgess obtained a dismissal for their clients, Manchester Shopping Center, LLC and Manchester Rentals, LLC (“Clients”), in a personal injury suit that arose after the Plaintiff slipped and fell at a closed car wash in the midst of extreme winter weather.…

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