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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The New Yorker named THE PAIN BROKERS one of the Best Books of the Year (So Far) back in February, and it's back on the list, alongside @praddenkeefe.bsky.social's London Falling and Jill Lepore's new book. I'm so grateful to Casey Cep for her review!

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Hey, hey, what does The Pain Brokers have in common with gambling and Nintendo? A: Love from Amazon's senior editor Lindsay Powers! Thanks to Lindsay and Amazon Books for including The Pain Brokers on the Best Business & Leadership Books of 2026 So Far!

The Pain Brokers as a Best Business and Leadership Book of 2026 So Far.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

If I missed you at a book talk, it's not too late to join me and Brian Fitzpatrick on C-SPAN2 this Thursday at 4:55 PM. (If you work a normal day and can't claim us as research, you can watch anytime here: www.c-span.org/event/book-t...)

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Hi New York friends, I'm headed your way in the morning for two awesome events about The Pain Brokers. I hope you can join us for one or both! Tomorrow kicks off with an awesome panel of scholars @howarderichson.bsky.social, @gilatjbachar.bsky.social, Myriam Gilles, & Tony Sebok at Cardozo Law.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Thanks for an awesome book festival, LA! Be sure to check out They Poisoned the World (@mariahblake.bsky.social), No More Tears (Gardiner Harris), and The Pain Brokers (me). Huge thanks to @corinnepurtill.bsky.social for moderating and to the LA Times Festival of Books for hosting me.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Stoked to have a sold out panel in LA this Saturday with Gardiner Harris and @mariahblake.bsky.social! If you're in LA and can't get in to talk with us about dark money, corporate wrongdoing, and lawyer shenanigans, come by and say hi in Signing Area 3 after the panel, at around 11:30!

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

So happy to be in Chicago talking with @northwesternlaw.bsky.social students about The Pain Brokers today! Up next: @barbarasbookstore.bsky.social tomorrow, April 10, at 5:00 PM (Macy's location) with the fabulous Myram Gilles. Hope y'all can join us!

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Hi Chicago friends! I'm heading your way this week to talk about The Pain Brokers with the brilliant Myriam Gilles. Please join us if you're in the area--we'd love to say hi.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Hey Nashville! Today, April 1 (no fooling), I'll be talking with Prof. Brian Fitzpatrick about The Pain Brokers. Law + medicine + so many shenanigans. Come join us at 5:30 at the Vanderbilt Bookstore on West End.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Hi to my Greenville, SC friends! I'll be up your way on Tuesday, March 24 at 5:30 PM for a conversation with Prof. Carmela Epright of Furman University. We'll be at one of my favorite bookstores, M. Judson Booksellers talking about The Pain Brokers. I'd love to say hi if you can make it!

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Looking forward to joining @mariahblake.bsky.social (The Poisoned the World) and Gardiner Harris (No More Tears) for a discussion moderated by @corinnepurtill.bsky.social on corporate power, law, and public health at the L.A. Times Festival of Books on April 18 at 10:30 AM. Hope you can join us!

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Hi friends! I'm hitting the road with The Pain Brokers and would really love to see y'all. Please come say hi if you can make it! ❤️📚

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I’m heading to Marietta on March 21 for a conversation about The Pain Brokers at The Brown Dog Bookshop with Dale Hughes. If you’re nearby, come say hello. RSVP — space is limited. www.thebrowndogbookshop.com/events/meet-...

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Thanks to Peter Biello & Orlando Montoya in concert with NPR, Georgia Public Broadcasting & The Narrative Edge for shining a light on The Pain Brokers! Full episode with my face being slightly more normal-sized is available here: gpb.org/blogs/narrat... #TrueCrime #MassTorts

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Davidson, NC folks, I’ll be @mainstreetbooksdav.bsky.social tomorrow at 7 PM discussing The Pain Brokers w/ Prof. Katie Horowitz. We’ll talk about con men, call centers, rogue doctors, & the gender dynamics of this con. If you’re nearby, come say hello! #NorthCarolina #DavidsonNC #IndieBookstore

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Hey Columbus, GA, friends, I’ll be at Columbus Bound Bookshop on Feb. 17 at 6 PM discussing The Pain Brokers. I’m excited to talk with Joel O. Wooten, one of the country’s most respected plaintiff’s lawyers. Hope you can join us! #AuthorEvent #Georgia #LegalEthics

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Charlotte/Davidson, NC friends, if you're nearby, I'd love to say hello! I'll be @mainstreetbooksdav.bsky.social on Feb. 19 at 7 PM for a conversation about The Pain Brokers and the hidden machinery behind America’s mass-tort industry. #AuthorEvent #NorthCarolina #Books

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

The Pain Brokers' upcoming events! I’m grateful for the chance to be in conversation with such thoughtful hosts, bookstores, and institutions over the next few months. Hope to see some of you along the way! More details via the host venues listed on the flyer.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Yesterday was of those days that reminds me how worthwhile teaching is. I’m an FSU Law alum, later taught at FSU, and now—years into my time at UGA Law—got to discuss The Pain Brokers with my former FSU student, Lauren Purdy, now an equity partner. Public legal education matters!

Lauren Purdy and Beth Burch at a Federal Bar Association event in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

One of the worst things I heard while researching The Pain Brokers was how often women felt invisible, like a number on a spreadsheet. I talked with Court Accountability Network + @legalafmtn.bsky.social about what needs to change. 🎥 Full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjB2...

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Storm prep isn’t just supplies—it’s stories. If you don’t have a hard copy of The Pain Brokers yet, you can listen to Audie Award–winning narrator Cassandra Campbell read it aloud. Sometimes a winter storm calls for being read a story. ❄️🎧 #WinterStormPrep #Audiobooks #ThePainBrokers #ReadingWeather

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I’m grateful to Law.com for this interview on The Pain Brokers—a book about pelvic mesh litigation and the mass tort machinery that profited from women’s pain. The hardcover is just $6 on Amazon right now. #ThePainBrokers #MassTorts #WomensHealth #LegalNonfiction #Justice

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Book clubs reading The Pain Brokers: I’m happy to join your discussion via Zoom for a Q&A on the reporting, the writing, and the women at the center of the book. Just email me if you’d like to set it up.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

$6.00!! Limited time. Get yours quick! 👇 www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/...

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Packed rooms. Thoughtful questions. Real conversations about power, accountability, and the women at the center of this story. I couldn’t have asked for more. If you’ve come out to an event, shared a post, recommended the book, bought a copy, or posted a review—thank you!

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

• Don Samuel, criminal defense attorney and truth-teller extraordinaire. And thank you to my friends and students—past and present—who showed up to celebrate with me. There is no better reminder of why this work matters than talking about it with you. @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

🧵Debut week for The Pain Brokers has been a wonderful whirlwind! Thank you to my brilliant conversation partners: • Dr. Jon Peters of the Grady College of Journalism • Judge Richard Story of the Northern District of Georgia

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

"You have a ticking time bomb in you." I talk with Kate Powell about what happens behind the scenes of THE PAIN BROKERS, which is out now everywhere you buy books! Full convo here: open.substack.com/pub/bethburc...

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Want to know what really happens in Vegas when everyone in the #masstort industry convenes? Read THE PAIN BROKERS, but get a sneak peek via @slate.com. Full read: slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

PUB DAY for THE PAIN BROKERS! Come celebrate with me at the Athens-Clarke County Public Library Jan. 13, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. I'll talk with Dr. Jon Peters of @ugagrady.bsky.social & Ghost will be there with books for sale! #ThePainBrokers #PubDay #TrueCrimeBooks #WomensHealth

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

A call center. A script. A system designed to terrify women and turn harm into profit. Today, @literaryhub.bsky.social published an excerpt from THE PAIN BROKERS, about how women were pulled into a legal and medical machine built to extract value, not deliver care or justice.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

First signed copies of THE PAIN BROKERS at @barnesandnoble.com Athens! This story that I've held close since 2021 is in your hands now and out everywhere JAN 13. It feels a little tender & terrifying to share it with the world. I hope that you fall in love with the people in it as I have. ❤️

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Thanks a zillion to @abovethelaw.com for the endorsement! PS - ATL fans, the legal zine appears in the Prologue! #ThePainBrokers #AboveTheLaw #LegalEthics #nonfiction

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

One miracle of book writing is watching it land in the hand of a writer you've admired for years. I'm so thankful to Melissa Fay Greene for reading THE PAIN BROKERS and giving it such a kind blurb. Her work has been and remains a north star for narrative nonfiction. #PrayingForSheetrock

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Debut-author life = agony, joy, & 3am “OMG someone might read this” sweats. Grateful to have Alison Miller & Diana Keough in the trenches with me. Seeing THE PAIN BROKERS next to ROUGH HOUSE @barnesandnoble.com = all the feels. B&N has 25% off preorders through Jan 1. 📚 Get both! #bnpreorder

A picture of THE PAIN BROKERS sign at Barnes & Noble in Athens, GA.

Barnes and Noble preorder sale code PREORDER25

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Done right, mesh removal can take 6-8 hours of delicate surgery. These docs often did 5 in 1 day. Here’s the clincher: Most still hold medical licenses. ⚖️ Medicine. Money. Law. And women caught in the middle. #WomensHealth #MassTorts

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

In THE PAIN BROKERS, three surgeons sit at the center of the mesh-removal machine (though there were more): — Dr. Earle Pescatore — Dr. Chris Walker — Dr. Michael Hulse The surgery protocol: Fly to FL. See a doc you've never met. Sleep in a hotel room. Fly home the next day.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

A 🧵on 🥼 THE DOCTORS 🥼 They wore white coats. They had medical licenses. And they operated on women who were terrified they had a “ticking time bomb” inside their bodies. #ThePainBrokers #MedicalAccountability #InvestigativeJournalism #TrueCrime #mesh

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Rhett McSweeney & Dave Langevin weren’t mass tort power players. They were hustlers on the fringe—Facebook ads, cartoon explainer videos, dog-bite cases—who likely dreamed of the big leagues. Then 2 men from FL came into their orbit. A flood of clients followed. So did the subpoenas and the drama.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

What's hiding in some attorney-client retainer agreements? Contingent fees should mean access to justice, but as you'll see, that's not always the case.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Super grateful to John T. Edge for this! John T. "reports and tells the hell out of" stories himself. Don't miss HOUSE OF SMOKE, a book that’ll make your mouth water and your eyes tear up, sometimes all at once. 🔥📚 #Books #Nonfiction #HouseOfSmoke #TrueSouth #ThePainBrokers

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Need a book rec or a craft tip? Read Casey Cep's Furious Hours! It's a terrific reminder that courtroom scenes needn't be dusty or slow—they can gallop. Cep’s pacing, tension, attention to detail…all of it shaped how I wrote the legal battles in The Pain Brokers.

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

They pocketed millions while women lost everything. But here's the twist: One of them flipped. "I'm the barbarian at the gate," he says. "And the elites have no idea who they are f**king with." #whistleblower

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Meet the masterminds behind a criminal conspiracy that solicited over 100,000 women. These men built an empire on women's pain—cold-calling victims, terrifying them about their pelvic mesh, then steering them to unnecessary surgeries they couldn't afford. #TrueCrime #MassTorts

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

If you're looking for ideas for the readers in your life (or for your own TBR), here’s some bookshelf love from mine to yours, with more to come. #TrueCrime #LegalThrillers

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Need gift ideas? 🎁📚Books, always books! Here are a few of my favorites: legal page-turners, true-crime gems, craft books I swear by, and even some beloved kid picks. #HolidayGiftGuide #Nonfiction #Books

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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)!

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The right lawyer can’t undo harm, but they can make the world see it. Answer to Q above: FALSE!

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