She was known for her defence of Libuše Palachová, the mother of Jan Palach, a young man that self immolated to protest the Soviet absorption of his country, a drama featured in the 2013 miniseries Burning Bush.

A recount of the events was featured in Petr Toman [cs]'s book Advokáti proti totalitě (Lawyers Against Totalitarianism).

[1] She also defended writer Milan Kundera, Ivan Medek, who later served under Czech Prime Minister Václav Havel,[5][6] as well as Karel Kyncl [cs], and Libuše Palachová, the mother of Jan Palach.

[2] Palachová wanted to posthumously clear her son's name from lies that Communist Party of Czechoslovakia member Vilém Nový [cs] spread after Palach's self immolation.

[8] Between 1990 and 1991, Burešová held negotiations on a peace treaty and land division settlement between the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

[11] Burešová also worked as a chair of the Czech-German Fund for the Future, which gives money to Czechs who were affected by the Nazis,[8] and was the leader of the scouting organisation of Junák.