Certified Protection Professional (CPP) • Serving Defense Counsel Nationwide
Comprehensive investigations, forensic security exams, and authoritative expert testimony that give attorneys a decisive advantage at deposition and trial.
About the Principal
Burden & Associates, LLC is led by David K. Burden, a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), the gold-standard board certification in security management issued by ASIS International. With extensive experience across law enforcement, corporate security, and private investigation, our principal has conducted threat, vulnerability, and risk assessments across every category of property setting.
We provide expert witness testimony, comprehensive case analysis, and forensic security examinations for defense counsel in premises liability matters involving negligent security, crime foreseeability, and inadequate security measures.
What We Do
Every engagement begins with a personal site survey and ends with testimony that withstands cross-examination. We provide the data, analysis, and authoritative opinions attorneys need to build a compelling case.
Authoritative deposition and trial testimony grounded in rigorous data collection, industry standards, and decades of security management experience. Our testimony has supported defense counsel in cases involving negligent security, inadequate security measures, and premises liability.
Every property is personally surveyed to conduct a thorough threat, vulnerability, and risk assessment. Our extensive crime risk assessment experience across all categories of property settings — apartments, hotels, retail, parking structures, and more — determines causation and foreseeability with authority.
Rigorous, objective case evaluations that optimize discovery and trial presentation. This includes witness interviews, crime grid analysis of surrounding areas to assess foreseeability, and detailed security audit reports that document every finding for trial use.
Detailed crime data research and grid mapping of surrounding areas to establish or dispute foreseeability of criminal acts on the premises.
Evaluation of existing security programs, policies, procedures, staffing, lighting, access control, and surveillance against industry standards of care.
Comprehensive on-site assessments that identify security gaps, environmental vulnerabilities, and risk factors relevant to the matter at hand.
Industries & Venues
We have provided expert analysis and testimony in premises liability matters involving a wide range of commercial, residential, and institutional properties.
How It Works
We discuss the facts of your case, review preliminary documentation, and determine whether our expertise is a fit for the matter.
Comprehensive document review followed by a personal on-site inspection to conduct threat, vulnerability, and risk assessments.
Crime grid analysis, foreseeability assessment, security audit findings, and a detailed written report documenting all opinions and their bases.
Authoritative expert testimony at deposition and trial, supported by thorough preparation and data-driven conclusions.
Contact Burden & Associates for a confidential consultation. We serve defense counsel in premises liability matters nationwide.
