Patti Burris

Patti Burris is an attorney at the law firm Goodwin in Boston, Massachusetts. For the past seven years, she has specialized in a niche practice raising venture capital and private equity funds for major sponsors and investment firms. In this role, Burris forms the funds, prepares all governing documents, negotiates terms with investors, conducts anti-money laundering checks, and structures entities in locations including Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands, and the United States. Her clients have included sovereign governments, high-net-worth individuals, and celebrities such as Serena Williams, for whom she helped raise a women-first impact fund investing in women-owned tech companies. Prior to her legal career, Burris earned an associate's degree from Tyler Junior College in Texas as valedictorian, a bachelor's degree from UMass Lowell, and a Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School in 2020, where she finished first in her class during her first year. She also co-lectured a class at BU Law on Private Equity and Venture Capital Transactions. Burris balances her professional achievements with community involvement, assisting with events for at-risk youth in BMX sports by providing bikes.