Peter H. Burke
Member
Peter Burke graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1988 with a B.A. degree in Economics and History. He was a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1991 where he was a member of the Yale Law Journal. He has practiced his entire career in Birmingham, Alabama and is licensed in Alabama, Tennessee, Texas and New York. His practice focuses on nursing home abuse and neglect, personal injury and consumer class cases.
Areas of Practice
- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
- Consumer Class Cases
- Personal Injury
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Alabama
- Texas
- Tennessee
- New York
Education
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
- J.D. - 1991
- Law Journal: Yale Law Journal, Member, 1990 - 1991
- Washington and Lee University
- B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) - 1988
- Honors: Member, Phi Eta Sigma
- Honors: Member, Phi Beta Kappa
- Major: Economics
- Major: History
Representative Cases
- Leonard v. Enterprise Rent a Car, 279 F. 3d 697 (11th Cir. 2002)
- Smith v. GTE Corp., 236 F. 3d 1292 (11th Cir. 2001)
- Oladeinde v. City of Birmingham, 230 F. 3d 1275 (11th Cir. 2000)
- Gray v. Budget Auto Sales, 18 F.Supp 2d 1320 (M.D. Ala. 1998)
- Alabama State University v. Baker & Taylor, 998 F.Supp 1313 (M.D. Ala. 1998)
- Peters v. Brants Grocery, 990 F.Supp 1337 (M.D. Ala. 1998)
- McNAtt v. Franklin Life Ins. Co., 998 F.Supp 1253 (N.D. Ala. 1998)
- Southern Energy Homes Inc. v AMSouth Bank of Alabama, 709 So.2d. 335 (Ala. 1998)
- Ex Parte Philadelphia Life Insurance Co., 682 So.2d 392 (Ala. 1996)
- Watkins v. Board of Trustees of ASU, 703 So.2d 335 (AL 1997)
- Construction Materials Limited v Kirkpatrick Concrete, Inc., 631 So.2d 1006 (Ala. 1994)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Birmingham Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Fraud Section, Member
- Alabama State Bar, Member
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, Member
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Omicron Delta Epsilon
