Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2019 
Jason Burge represents victims of financial misconduct in single plaintiff, mass action, and class action cases against banks, loan servicers, stockbrokers, and investment firms.
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. Jason is also an Appellate Practice Specialist, certified by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization.
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.
Jason also 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.
Jason 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.
A member of the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (PIABA) and former editor-in-chief of the Bar’s journal, Jason received the Outstanding Service Award from PIABA in 2023. He has published on securities and arbitration topics in the Tulane Law Review, Louisiana Law Review, and Gonzaga Law Review.
