Francesca
Kester
Burne

Meet Francesca Kester Burne

Ms. Burne is a nationally recognized class action attorney with experience in data privacy and security, consumer protection, environmental disasters, and defective product litigation. A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Ms. Burne earned her J.D. from The Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law. During law school, she received top honors in national advocacy competitions, including the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition—where she earned the award for best legal brief—and the Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition, where she was a regional finalist.

Ms. Burne clerked for two years for the Honorable James M. Munley, United States District Judge in the Middle District of Pennsylvania before joining Morgan & Morgan, where she has devoted her practice to complex litigation. Ms. Burne has experience handling and litigating all aspects of the prosecution of class actions. Her achievements have earned her national recognition: Law360 Rising Star (2024) (one of only four attorneys nationwide honored for excellence in cybersecurity and data privacy); Daily Business Review’s “On the Rise” Award (2025) (recognizing exceptional early-career lawyers in Florida); Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation (2025)  (selection to the prestigious list of the legal profession’s emerging leaders); The D. Arthur Magaziner Human Services Award (2017) (recognizing her outstanding record of academic achievement and service to others); and the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Joseph T. McDonald Memorial Award for academic and advocacy excellence (2017).

Her current docket spans a broad array of high-impact litigation, including data privacy, environmental disasters, train derailments, and unfair and deceptive trade practices. Ms. Burne is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as in numerous federal district and appellate courts nationwide.