Cynthia G. Burnside

Cynthia G. Burnside is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Atlanta office. Ms. Burnside concentrates her practice in the areas of class actions and commercial litigation, and she has extensive experience litigating complex cases for clients in the technology, financial, insurance and healthcare industries.

Ms. Burnside's experience includes defending clients in class actions, including those arising under the privacy statutes such as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), under federal and state securities laws in various jurisdictions and other consumer class actions. Additionally, she has represented clients in controversies of significance among businesses and arising under federal and state unfair competition and deceptive trade practices laws, including but not limited to, the Stored Communications Act (SCA), Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and federal and state intellectual property and antitrust laws. Ms. Burnside is well versed in a variety of substantive legal/industry practice groups, including but not limited to, financial services, securities, insurance, technology and ecommerce, real estate, trade secrets, restrictive covenants, breach of fiduciary duty and business divorce.

Ms. Burnside also has experience litigating and counseling clients on anti-discrimination and employment matters involving claims arising under the Fair Housing Act, Titles II and VII, Sections 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1986, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Equal Pay Act and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).