Chair of the firm’s Workers’ Compensation Section, Burke’s practice encompasses both trial and appellate representation of employers and carriers from the Maryland line to New York. Burke’s recent significant cases include Wintermyer v. WCAB, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that rewrote the standard for review of administrative agency decisions. Burke provides risk reduction and management advice to clients facing workers’ compensation and employment law claims. His more than thirty years of insurance defense experience is applied to complex cases bridging workers’ compensation, subrogation and employment torts. Burke has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and has been cited in Best Lawyers in America, 2006. The author of Heart Attacks and the Pennsylvania Workman’s Compensation Act, Burke regularly contributes to Pennsylvania Bar Institute presentations. Burke is former Chair of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Council; was President of the Dauphin County Bar Association, and currently serves in PBA’s House of Delegates. He was recently appointed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to a three year term on the Court's Disciplinary Board. Burke formerly served as President of Dickinson Law School’s Alumni Association. He has received its Distinguished Service Award, and was named the 2007 Outstanding Alumnus by the school. In 2010, he became President of the Camp Hill Borough Council.
Professional Honors and Awards Dickinson Law School Outstanding Alumnus, 2007 Best Lawyers in America, 2006 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List (2004-2011), Corporate Counsel (2009)
Professional Associations and Memberships Disciplinary Board, Member (2009-2012) Pennsylvania Bar Association, House of Delegates Workers' Compensation Section Delegate Dauphin County Bar Association, Past President Health Care Task Force, (July 2004-Present) Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Council Former Chair, Act 57 Regulations Committee Fellow, Trial Lawyer Honorary Society of the Litigation Counsel of America
Professional Presentations Judges Unplugged, Moderator 2010 PA Annual Bureau of Workers' Compensation Meeting Hershey, PA
Professional Publications and Reported Cases "Heart Attacks and the Pennsylvania Workman's Compensation Act", Dickinson Law Review Multiple Publications, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Wintermyer v. WCAB