Elizabeth Chamblee Burch
@eburch.bsky.social
Callaway Chair of Law @universityofga.bsky.social. Author THE PAIN BROKERS: How Con Men, Call Centers & Rogue Doctors Fuel America's Lawsuit Factory.
Views are my own. Here for stories, civ pro, MDL, class actions, torts.
www.elizabethchambleeburch.com
Views are my own. Here for stories, civ pro, MDL, class actions, torts.
www.elizabethchambleeburch.com
A huge thank you to @stevevladeck.bsky.social for this incredible blurb. Steve is one of the sharpest observers of our legal system—and one of the most generous humans in it.
If you haven't read his book, The Shadow Docket, what are you waiting for? Read it, then The Pain Brokers (out Jan. 13)!
If you haven't read his book, The Shadow Docket, what are you waiting for? Read it, then The Pain Brokers (out Jan. 13)!
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A huge thank you to @stevevladeck.bsky.social for this incredible blurb. Steve is one of the sharpest observers of our legal system—and one of the most generous humans in it.
If you haven't read his book, The Shadow Docket, what are you waiting for? Read it, then The Pain Brokers (out Jan. 13)!
If you haven't read his book, The Shadow Docket, what are you waiting for? Read it, then The Pain Brokers (out Jan. 13)!
What happens when a beloved brand masks some of the most shocking corporate misconduct in American history?
Gardiner Harris’s No More Tears pulls back the curtain on Johnson & Johnson.
Essential reading for anyone who cares about accountability and women’s health.
#Books #Nonfiction #BookRecs
Gardiner Harris’s No More Tears pulls back the curtain on Johnson & Johnson.
Essential reading for anyone who cares about accountability and women’s health.
#Books #Nonfiction #BookRecs
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What happens when a beloved brand masks some of the most shocking corporate misconduct in American history?
Gardiner Harris’s No More Tears pulls back the curtain on Johnson & Johnson.
Essential reading for anyone who cares about accountability and women’s health.
#Books #Nonfiction #BookRecs
Gardiner Harris’s No More Tears pulls back the curtain on Johnson & Johnson.
Essential reading for anyone who cares about accountability and women’s health.
#Books #Nonfiction #BookRecs
The right lawyer can’t undo harm, but they can make the world see it.
Answer to Q above: FALSE!
Answer to Q above: FALSE!
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The right lawyer can’t undo harm, but they can make the world see it.
Answer to Q above: FALSE!
Answer to Q above: FALSE!
J.R. Baxter, one of the quiet heroes in The Pain Brokers, reminded me that the law’s real power lies not in money or media attention, but in standing beside someone who’s been wronged.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
J.R. Baxter, one of the quiet heroes in The Pain Brokers, reminded me that the law’s real power lies not in money or media attention, but in standing beside someone who’s been wronged.
I'm spotlighting the good that plaintiff's lawyers do this week! Civil justice depends on the few who are willing to push back against power, the ones who fight so others can be heard.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm spotlighting the good that plaintiff's lawyers do this week! Civil justice depends on the few who are willing to push back against power, the ones who fight so others can be heard.
🧵True or false: plaintiffs’ lawyers get paid even if they lose?
#lawyer #justice #MassTorts #ThePainBrokers
#lawyer #justice #MassTorts #ThePainBrokers
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🧵True or false: plaintiffs’ lawyers get paid even if they lose?
#lawyer #justice #MassTorts #ThePainBrokers
#lawyer #justice #MassTorts #ThePainBrokers
🚨 Last call! Dec. 1 is the deadline to win a free copy of THE PAIN BROKERS, the true story of a small-town lawyer who took on a ring of con men.
If you like whistleblowers, villains in Brioni suits, or justice served the messy way… Link 👇 goodreads.com/en/book/show... #MassTort #TrueCrime
If you like whistleblowers, villains in Brioni suits, or justice served the messy way… Link 👇 goodreads.com/en/book/show... #MassTort #TrueCrime
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🚨 Last call! Dec. 1 is the deadline to win a free copy of THE PAIN BROKERS, the true story of a small-town lawyer who took on a ring of con men.
If you like whistleblowers, villains in Brioni suits, or justice served the messy way… Link 👇 goodreads.com/en/book/show... #MassTort #TrueCrime
If you like whistleblowers, villains in Brioni suits, or justice served the messy way… Link 👇 goodreads.com/en/book/show... #MassTort #TrueCrime
5 days left to snag a free copy of The Pain Brokers through Goodreads Giveaway! Link 👇
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#MassTort #NarrativeNonfiction #TrueCrime
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#MassTort #NarrativeNonfiction #TrueCrime
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
5 days left to snag a free copy of The Pain Brokers through Goodreads Giveaway! Link 👇
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#MassTort #NarrativeNonfiction #TrueCrime
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#MassTort #NarrativeNonfiction #TrueCrime
What Barry Meier did for opioids, I hope to do for other mass torts. Pain Killer first exposed what was really happening behind the #opioid crisis--years before most people believed it. I'm deeply grateful for the generous blurb he gave #ThePainBrokers.
#TrueCrime
#TrueCrime
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What Barry Meier did for opioids, I hope to do for other mass torts. Pain Killer first exposed what was really happening behind the #opioid crisis--years before most people believed it. I'm deeply grateful for the generous blurb he gave #ThePainBrokers.
#TrueCrime
#TrueCrime
Books rarely stand alone. Mine stands on the shoulders of these 10 masters of true stories. 📚🔥
Save for your TBR, share it with a friend, & stay tuned for individual author spotlights.
Save for your TBR, share it with a friend, & stay tuned for individual author spotlights.
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Books rarely stand alone. Mine stands on the shoulders of these 10 masters of true stories. 📚🔥
Save for your TBR, share it with a friend, & stay tuned for individual author spotlights.
Save for your TBR, share it with a friend, & stay tuned for individual author spotlights.
Kim Cross’s In Light of All Darkness taught me how a book can be both a page-turner and a field guide. Her precision + compassion shaped how I wrote The Pain Brokers.
Her book proposal was dissected by Nieman Storyboard:
niemanstoryboard.org/2023/11/17/b...
#ThePainBrokers #NarrativeNonfiction
Her book proposal was dissected by Nieman Storyboard:
niemanstoryboard.org/2023/11/17/b...
#ThePainBrokers #NarrativeNonfiction
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Kim Cross’s In Light of All Darkness taught me how a book can be both a page-turner and a field guide. Her precision + compassion shaped how I wrote The Pain Brokers.
Her book proposal was dissected by Nieman Storyboard:
niemanstoryboard.org/2023/11/17/b...
#ThePainBrokers #NarrativeNonfiction
Her book proposal was dissected by Nieman Storyboard:
niemanstoryboard.org/2023/11/17/b...
#ThePainBrokers #NarrativeNonfiction
Happy 50th birthday to procedural justice! 🎉Thrilled to celebrate with so many brilliant scholars who’ve pushed this field forward.
Here’s to the next 50 years of asking harder questions, building fairer systems, and imagining a more just future.
#MassTorts #ProceduralJustice @jurygirl.bsky.social
Here’s to the next 50 years of asking harder questions, building fairer systems, and imagining a more just future.
#MassTorts #ProceduralJustice @jurygirl.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Happy 50th birthday to procedural justice! 🎉Thrilled to celebrate with so many brilliant scholars who’ve pushed this field forward.
Here’s to the next 50 years of asking harder questions, building fairer systems, and imagining a more just future.
#MassTorts #ProceduralJustice @jurygirl.bsky.social
Here’s to the next 50 years of asking harder questions, building fairer systems, and imagining a more just future.
#MassTorts #ProceduralJustice @jurygirl.bsky.social
Vulnerable plaintiffs were trapped in a mass-tort machine.
#WomenAndJustice #BookLaunch
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#WomenAndJustice #BookLaunch
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November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Vulnerable plaintiffs were trapped in a mass-tort machine.
#WomenAndJustice #BookLaunch
Preorder: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/...
#WomenAndJustice #BookLaunch
Preorder: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/...
Had women used insurance and a real hospital, it would have cost them somewhere between $600 and $1,000. A spin through the removal mill ran $69,000 to $120,000.
...The same doctors appeared in case after case.
...The same doctors appeared in case after case.
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Had women used insurance and a real hospital, it would have cost them somewhere between $600 and $1,000. A spin through the removal mill ran $69,000 to $120,000.
...The same doctors appeared in case after case.
...The same doctors appeared in case after case.
Many women told they couldn’t use their insurance, which forced them to take out medical liens against their future settlement proceeds at strip-you-bare rates.
#TrueCrime
#TrueCrime
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Many women told they couldn’t use their insurance, which forced them to take out medical liens against their future settlement proceeds at strip-you-bare rates.
#TrueCrime
#TrueCrime
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🧵1) Despite researching mass torts for over 20 years, what I uncovered in writing The Pain Brokers still shocked me:
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🧵1) Despite researching mass torts for over 20 years, what I uncovered in writing The Pain Brokers still shocked me:
2 weeks left to get a free copy of The Pain Brokers!
#ThePainBrokers #MassTorts #NarrativeNonfiction #InvestigativeJournalism #TrueCrimeReads
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#ThePainBrokers #MassTorts #NarrativeNonfiction #InvestigativeJournalism #TrueCrimeReads
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November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
2 weeks left to get a free copy of The Pain Brokers!
#ThePainBrokers #MassTorts #NarrativeNonfiction #InvestigativeJournalism #TrueCrimeReads
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#ThePainBrokers #MassTorts #NarrativeNonfiction #InvestigativeJournalism #TrueCrimeReads
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Want a quick craft tip? Read @praddenkeefe.bsky.social Empire of Pain! It’s a writing lesson in reporting without access.
What book taught you something about writing or reporting?
📚 Books Behind The Pain Brokers.
#EmpireOfPain #ThePainBrokers #NarrativeNonfiction #InvestigativeJournalism
What book taught you something about writing or reporting?
📚 Books Behind The Pain Brokers.
#EmpireOfPain #ThePainBrokers #NarrativeNonfiction #InvestigativeJournalism
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Want a quick craft tip? Read @praddenkeefe.bsky.social Empire of Pain! It’s a writing lesson in reporting without access.
What book taught you something about writing or reporting?
📚 Books Behind The Pain Brokers.
#EmpireOfPain #ThePainBrokers #NarrativeNonfiction #InvestigativeJournalism
What book taught you something about writing or reporting?
📚 Books Behind The Pain Brokers.
#EmpireOfPain #ThePainBrokers #NarrativeNonfiction #InvestigativeJournalism
JERRI PLUMMER 45-year-old Arkansas grandmother in an abusive marriage. On Medicaid. When her granddaughter overheard a caller claim there was a ticking time bomb in Jerri, she was convinced her granny was about to die.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
JERRI PLUMMER 45-year-old Arkansas grandmother in an abusive marriage. On Medicaid. When her granddaughter overheard a caller claim there was a ticking time bomb in Jerri, she was convinced her granny was about to die.
BARB SHEPARD A school bus driver from Claremont, New Hampshire, and mother of two grown boys, she thought she was getting help for her medical device. Instead, she got a plane ticket to Florida and a surgeon she’d never met. The scare tactics worked. The surgery didn’t.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
BARB SHEPARD A school bus driver from Claremont, New Hampshire, and mother of two grown boys, she thought she was getting help for her medical device. Instead, she got a plane ticket to Florida and a surgeon she’d never met. The scare tactics worked. The surgery didn’t.
SHARON GORE: School administrator. Master’s degree. Pillar of her South Carolina community. One phone call changed everything.
#WomensHealth #CivPro
#WomensHealth #CivPro
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
SHARON GORE: School administrator. Master’s degree. Pillar of her South Carolina community. One phone call changed everything.
#WomensHealth #CivPro
#WomensHealth #CivPro
Meet the brave women at the heart of a real-life legal thriller, THE PAIN BROKERS.
Each received eerily similar phone calls. The callers knew their names, birthdays, medical histories, even their doctors. They were told they had a "ticking time bomb" inside them.
#TrueCrime #torts
Each received eerily similar phone calls. The callers knew their names, birthdays, medical histories, even their doctors. They were told they had a "ticking time bomb" inside them.
#TrueCrime #torts
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Meet the brave women at the heart of a real-life legal thriller, THE PAIN BROKERS.
Each received eerily similar phone calls. The callers knew their names, birthdays, medical histories, even their doctors. They were told they had a "ticking time bomb" inside them.
#TrueCrime #torts
Each received eerily similar phone calls. The callers knew their names, birthdays, medical histories, even their doctors. They were told they had a "ticking time bomb" inside them.
#TrueCrime #torts
These aren’t just statistics—they’re stories of women like Jerri, Sharon, and Barb who were manipulated by predatory call centers into unnecessary surgeries while lawyers, funders, and doctors profited from their pain.
#ThePainBrokers #MassTorts #WomensHealth #InvestigativeJournalism #MDLReform
#ThePainBrokers #MassTorts #WomensHealth #InvestigativeJournalism #MDLReform
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
These aren’t just statistics—they’re stories of women like Jerri, Sharon, and Barb who were manipulated by predatory call centers into unnecessary surgeries while lawyers, funders, and doctors profited from their pain.
#ThePainBrokers #MassTorts #WomensHealth #InvestigativeJournalism #MDLReform
#ThePainBrokers #MassTorts #WomensHealth #InvestigativeJournalism #MDLReform
The real con? It’s what happens after you sign up.
In THE PAIN BROKERS, I expose a criminal conspiracy that preyed on over 100,000 women.
In THE PAIN BROKERS, I expose a criminal conspiracy that preyed on over 100,000 women.
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The real con? It’s what happens after you sign up.
In THE PAIN BROKERS, I expose a criminal conspiracy that preyed on over 100,000 women.
In THE PAIN BROKERS, I expose a criminal conspiracy that preyed on over 100,000 women.