Dylan Burstein, Associate at our Tucson, and Los Angeles law offices
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Dylan Burstein

Associate
Tucson, Los Angeles
Services
Commercial Litigation
Biography

Dylan Burstein’s national practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including contract matters, bad-faith insurance disputes, intellectual property litigation, and class actions for organizations throughout the United States. He also represents local homeowners, developers, and homeowners associations in real property disputes. Dylan maintains an active practice both in Arizona and California. His wide-ranging experience has taught him that no two clients—and no two disputes—are the same. Every case requires its own strategy tailored to achieving maximum results as efficiently as possible.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona
  • California


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Arizona
  • Supreme Court of California
  • United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona
  • United States District Court, Central District of California
  • United States District Court, District of Arizona
  • United States District Court, Northern District of California
  • United States District Court, Southern District of California


Education

  • UCLA School of Law (J.D.)
    • Order of the Coif
    • Moot Court Board
  • The University of Arizona (B.A., Political Science, Spanish and Portuguese, summa cum laude)
    • Dean’s List with Distinction

Languages

Spanish (Conversational)

Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Ones to Watch Edition, Commercial Litigation (2024 – 2025)

Representative Experience

  • Defended inventors of pharmaceutical compounds in a patent inventorship bench trial
  • Represented a major research university as a plaintiff in a patent licensing dispute with a pharmaceutical company
  • Represented a tech company seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in a breach-of-contract action
  • Represented an aviation company in a trademark dispute
  • Defended a major beer company in a trademark dispute
  • Represented a large defense contractor in trade secrets litigation
  • Defended an e-mobility company in multiple putative class actions
  • Represented major insurance companies in high-dollar bad-faith litigation
  • Represented major insurance companies in putative class actions
  • Represented a luxury homeowner in a dispute with a developer
  • Represented homeowners’ associations in disputes with homeowners

Previous Professional Experience

  • Crowell & Moring, Counsel (2021)
    • Associate (2018-2020, 2015-2017)
    • Summer Associate (2014)
  • Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (2017-2018)
  • Law Clerk, Ventura County Public Defender’s Office (2013)

Representative Presentations and Publications

  • “The Satisfied Class Plaintiff: How Individual Settlement Offers to Putative Class Plaintiffs Can Impact Class Litigation in California”, Co-Author, California Litigation Review (2015)
  • “3rd Circ. Ruling May Significantly Expand Antitrust Standing”, Co-Author, Law360 (January 3, 2016)
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Aug 15, 2024
Awards & Recognition

330 Snell & Wilmer Attorneys Recognized by 2025 The Best Lawyers in America®

Aug 19, 2021

Dylan Burstein Joins Snell & Wilmer’s Tucson Office