(Main Office)

The Firm concentrates in commercial and tort litigation in and outside Texas for both plaintiffs and defendants. The Firm accepts both hourly, contingent fee and hybrid fee work that the Firm in off sole discretion deems suitable. The Firm utilizes custom-assembled litigation teams, including additional litigation attorneys and paralegals, for discovery and trial purposes, on a case-by-case and nationwide basis. The Firm's senior trial lawyer, Michael G. Burk, has been involved in some of the largest commercial cases in Texas in the past twenty five years. Since 1990 Mr. Burk has obtained verdicts, judgments and settlements for clients totaling over $30 million dollars. The Firm and Mr. Burk are listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers published by Martindale- Hubbell.

Statement of Practice

State and Federal Court Trial and Appellate Practice Nationwide, Transactions, Business Entities, Formation (Corps., L.L.C., L.P.), Business Planning and Negotiations, Startup Representation, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Licensing, Partnerships, Corporations and Business Associations, Patents, Catastrophic Personal Injury, Whistleblower and Government Fraud (Qui Tam), Product Liability, Securities Fraud and Account Mismanagement, Executive Employment Disputes, Non-Competition and Non-Disclosure Violations, Civil and Complex Litigation in the areas of Antitrust, Business Torts, Hardware and Software, Contracts, Copyrights, Constitutional Law, Deceptive Trade Practices, Fiduciaries, Fraud, Intellectual Property, Lender Liability, Libel and Slander.

Address

Vistas of Barton Creek
248 Addie Roy Road, Suite A-203 P.O. Box 162570
Austin, TX 78746-2570, (Travis & Williamson Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 512-306-9828; 888-476-9210
Fax: 512-306-9825

Website

http://www.burklaw.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM

OF COUNSEL

Colten Wade Smith (Of Counsel) born Lampasas, Texas, February 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas and U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: Southwest Texas State University (B.A.A., 1995); Baylor University (J.D., 1997). Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1997. Member: Travis County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Austin Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Appellate Practice; Civil Practice; Class Actions; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Family Law; Health Care; Intellectual Property; Partnership Law; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Unfair Competition; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Securities; Toxic Torts.

Joseph W. Schultz (Of Counsel) born Greenville, Ohio, December 14, 1960; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: Wright State University (B.A., 1991; M.A., 1993); Baylor University (J.D., 1997). (Resident of Counsel).

Gary R. Meyer (Of Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, New York and Pennsylvania; 2002, Texas. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., English, 1992); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Law Clerk, Hon. John R. Padova, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Practice Areas: Business Planning; Entertainment Law; Corporation Formation.

Megan Rohrs (Of Counsel) born Nebraska, July 26, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., Film Production, Biology, 1999); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2003). Member: Texas Young Lawyers Association. (Resident of Counsel).

Susan E. Bayer (Of Counsel) born Houston, Texas, September 22, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: St. Edward's University (B.B.A., Accounting, 1999); Texas Tech University (J.D., 2003). Member: Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.