About James
Jim Burke helps 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."
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Securities, Cincinnati (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Securities, Cincinnati (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Cincinnati (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Cincinnati (2015)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Securities, Cincinnati (2014)
- Lawyer of the Year: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Cincinnati (2013)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Securities, Cincinnati (2012)
- Lawyer of the Year: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Cincinnati (2011)
- Recognized: Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Corporate Law
- Recognized: Litigation - Securities
- Practice Area: Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Special Focus: Appellate
- Special Focus: Civil Litigation
- Special Focus: Class Actions
- Special Focus: Commercial Litigation
- Special Focus: Complex Litigation
- Special Focus: Defendants
- Special Focus: Director and Officer Liability
- Special Focus: Intellectual Property
- Special Focus: SEC Enforcement
- Special Focus: Securities
- Special Focus: Stockholders' Suits
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Named Cincy Leading Lawyer
- Named to Ohio Super Lawyers