James E. Burke

For 35 years, Jim Burke has helped clients develop sound litigation strategies and execute on those strategies successfully to resolve corporate disputes.  Jim’s practice focuses on complex corporate and commercial litigation, including both trial and appellate practice, in state and federal court. He has handled cases before courts in Ohio, Kentucky, California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Colorado and Delaware. He has significant experience in financial and transactional cases, commercial matters, class and derivative actions and actions arising under the federal securities laws. In 1997, Jim was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, membership in which is extended by invitation only to "experienced trial lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional skill as advocates and whose career has been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism and civility."

Awards & Recognitions

• Named the "Cincinnati Best Lawyers’ Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year," 2013
• Named the “Cincinnati Best Lawyers' Securities Litigation Lawyer of the Year," 2012 
• Named the "Cincinnati Best Lawyers’ Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year," 2011
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, one of 412 nationwide selected in category of "Bet the Company Litigation"
• Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2004-2013
• Named to Ohio Super Lawyers, 2004-2013; Named one of the Top 100 lawyers in Ohio, and one of the Top 50 lawyers in Cincinnati, 2008-2013
• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• Named to Cincy Leading Lawyers, 2009-2013

News

• Ten Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Named Cincy Leading Lawyers by Cincy Magazine
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Named a 2013 Leading Law Firm by Chambers USA
• Forty-Six Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Recognized in 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars
• Five Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Named Best Lawyers’ 2013 Cincinnati Lawyers of the Year
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Is Named the Top-Listed Law Firm in Ohio and Cincinnati in Numerous Areas of Law by The Best Lawyers in America 2013
• Four Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Named Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyers of the Year
• James E. Burke, Attorney with Keating Muething & Klekamp, Named 2011 "Cincinnati Best Lawyers Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year"
• Keating Muething & Klekamp wins U.S. Court of Appeals Case for Worldwide Equipment against IRS
• KMK Wins Appellate Court Decision that Will Impact Treatment of IP Rights in Software License Agreements
• KMK Attorneys James E. Burke and Charles M. Miller Win Unanimous Ohio Supreme Court Ruling; KMK Protects Ohio Voters

Speaking Engagements

• Current Hot Issues in Electronic Discovery Law and Practice, June 18, 2009

Mentioned & Quoted

• A Straight Shooter, Ohio Super Lawyers 2011, January 2011

Professional & Community Involvement

• American Bar Association
• American College of Trial Lawyers
• Cincinnati Bar Association, Mid-Term Judicial Evaluation Committee
• Federal Bar Association
• Mediator for United States District Court for Southern District of Ohio
• National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Instructor and Cincinnati Steering Committee Member
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Potter Stewart American Inn of Court, Barrister
• Supreme Court of Ohio, Commission on Continuing Legal Education, 1994-1995
• Leadership Cincinnati, Class XXVIII
• Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford, Board of Trustees, 2006-present