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.

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.

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.

Professional Honors and Awards
Dickinson Law School Outstanding Alumnus, 2007
Best Lawyers in America
Super Lawyer (2004-2008) - Philadelphia Magazine

Professional Associations and Memberships
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

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