Colleen A. Mountcastle
Colleen A. Mountcastle
This PDF was printed May 24, 2025
Biography
Colleen A. Mountcastle is a partner in Burns White’s Appellate, Mass Torts and Transportation practice groups. She is certified as an Appellate Law Specialist by the Ohio State Bar Association, and represents clients in original, post-trial and appellate proceedings in the Supreme Courts of the United States, Ohio, and Michigan. In addition, Ms. Mountcastle has extensive experience defending railroad companies, transportation companies, manufacturers and suppliers in cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, occupational injury and product liability.
Ms. Mountcastle graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and received her B.A, cum laude, from the University of Dayton.
Credentials
Areas of Law
- Appellate
- Mass Tort and Toxic Tort
- Railroad
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1998)
- University of Dayton (B.A., cum laude, 1995)
Bar and Court Admissions
- Ohio
- Michigan
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Memberships
- Judicial Conference of the Eighth Appellate District, Life Member
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Appellate Law Specialty Board 2016-Present
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
Accolades & Involvement
Honors/Awards
- Certified Appellate Law Specialist, Ohio State Bar Association
- Selected by her peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, 2022-2025
- Selected by her peers for inclusion on the Ohio Super Lawyers® list, 2024
- Selected for inclusion on the Ohio Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars” list, 2011 – 2012
Community/Civic Involvement
- Magnificat High School, Board of Directors
- Lawyers Guild of Cleveland
Presentations
- “We’re All Textualists Now: The Statutory Interpretation Trend of Rejecting Both Legislative History and Deference to Administrative Agencies”, The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Appellate District’s Advanced Appellate Advocacy Seminar, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, November, 2023
- Panelist, “Summer Review of 2016 Supreme Court Decisions”, Ohio State Bar Association Live CLE, Cleveland, OH, July 2016
- “Appellate Practice Essentials” Ohio State Bar Association CLE Webcast, May 2014
- Co-Presenter, “An Overview of the Railroad Whistleblower Statute 49 U.S.C. 20109” Association of American Railroads General Claims Conference, November 2008
Publications
- Is the Denial of a Request for Stay of Bad Faith-Related Discovery a Final, Appealable Order?, OACTA Quarterly Review, Vol. 10, No. 3, Summer 2016
