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Peter H. Burke

Partner
“We Stand Up For You®, so you can Stand Up for those you love."

- Christopher H. Roberts

Most of my clients are at vulnerable points in their lives, so it is very satisfying to know that resolving their cases will make real, tangible differences in their lives. I enjoy the collaborative nature of working with my colleagues, whereby everyone has one goal in mind: to get the best possible outcome for the client.

Bio

Peter Burke is fervent about providing personalized legal guidance and counsel to his clients, and with his national practice, he focuses on consumer class-action cases, multi-district tort litigation, ERISA long-term disability, and personal injury.

Peter is passionate about his family lineage from Ireland and travels frequently there to the homeland of his parents, where he owns a home on Galway Bay, a large sea lough on the west coast of Ireland. He is also a dedicated fan of all Boston professional sports teams.

Peter graduated summa cum laude from Washington and Lee University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and History. During his undergraduate years, he was a member of Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Epsilon. He then pursued his law degree and graduated from Yale Law School in 1991. While at Yale, he was a member of the Yale Law Journal.

Peter has practiced his entire career in Birmingham, Alabama, and is licensed in Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, and New York. He is proud to be a member of the Birmingham Bar Association, the American Bar Association (Fraud Section), the Alabama State Bar, the State Bar of Texas, and the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association. He is admitted to all district courts in Alabama, the District of Colorado, the Southern District of Illinois, the Southern District of New York, the Western District of Tennessee, the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court, and the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court.

Since 2014 Peter has been listed in Super Lawyers Alabama and Super Lawyers Southeast in the areas of plaintiff litigation, ERISA, and insurance law. Since 2016 he has been listed in Best Litigation under the practice areas ERISA, mass torts, and class-action litigation. From 2012 until 2017, Peter served on the Board of Directors for Workshop, INC., an organization that works with those who have a range of mental to physical disabilities by helping them prepare for and find employment. Peter also previously served on the Alabama Autism Society Board of Directors from 2005-2008.

Education

  • Washington and Lee University, B.A.
  • Yale Law School, Juris Doctorate

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama State Bar – 1991
  • Texas State Bar – 1997
  • Tennessee State Bar – 2004
  • New York State Bar – 2006

Court Admissions

  • United States Supreme Court
  • Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • All District Courts in Alabama
  • District of Colorado
  • Southern District of Illinois
  • Northern District of Texas
  • Southern District of New York
  • Western District of Tennessee

Professional Recognition

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV-Rated for over 20 years
  • Alabama Super Lawyer since 2012
  • Super Lawyer Southeast since 2014
  • Best Litigation since 2016

Recognized Practice Areas

  • Insurance Law Litigation – ERISA Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Education

Bar Admissions
and Memberships

  • Alabama State Bar – 1991
  • Texas State Bar – 1997
  • Tennessee State Bar – 2004
  • New York State Bar – 2006
  • United States Supreme Court
  • Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • All District Courts in Alabama
  • District of Colorado
  • Southern District of Illinois
  • Northern District of Texas
  • Southern District of New York
  • Western District of Tennessee
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV-Rated for over 20 years
  • Alabama Super Lawyer since 2012
  • Super Lawyer Southeast since 2014
  • Best Litigation since 2016
  • Insurance Law Litigation – ERISA Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

The Personal Injury Lawyers

Who'd Rather You Never Need Them

Kimberly and I met in 1992 as kindred spirits, both drawn to the idea of building something larger than ourselves—an extension of our family committed to serving others. We married in 1994, while I was practicing law, and Kimberly worked in healthcare consulting. We thought we understood how the legal system worked. Then September 19, 1995 changed everything.

It’s the worst possible situation to be in after a serious injury. I’m sitting across from a guy who’s supposed to be one of the better traumatic brain injury lawyers, but I’m realizing he doesn’t understand what Kimberly and I are going through!

I got hit by a tractor-trailer just two months before. My wife Kimberly—nineteen weeks pregnant with our first child—has had to watch me deal with personality changes, possible lifelong symptoms, and terrifying fears of our family's future.

What makes it all worse is the fact that I am a lawyer with years of experience, and yet even I can’t get the kind of representation we desperately need. It’s a scary situation.

I grew up in Charlotte. My mother was a teacher, my father a manager working with blue-collar contractors. My parents instilled in me a simple principle: stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves. Becoming an Eagle Scout reinforced it.

Kimberly grew up in Rockingham, a small North Carolina community. Her parents, a nurse and a salesman, also instilled the importance of community service. Sunday mornings singing in youth prison ministry, working with rehabilitation centers, partnering with local organizations – all part of Kimberly’s youth and what shaped her heart.

My brain injury accident showed us that even being on the inside of the legal profession didn’t protect us from getting poor representation. Our lawyer didn’t really serve us well because he couldn’t put himself in our shoes.

After my personal injury, I knew exactly what kind of lawyer I wanted to be:

someone who truly understands what clients are going through because I've been there myself. Kimberly joined me, bringing her healthcare background and passion for wellness. We built our practice around a simple idea—we don't just handle your case, we understand your whole journey, and we prepare you for it.

Today we’ve been in business for 35 years and we’ve recovered billions of dollars for our clients, but more importantly, we’ve advanced our services to what we call “whole person legal care.” We don’t just fight for financial recovery—we address the physical, emotional, and mental needs that make up a whole person. We prepare people before accidents happen through safety education. We stand beside them during their recovery. And we help them figure out where to go when their time with us is done.

What drives us is knowing that if you know better, you have to do better. Through our Roberts Center, we give away thousands of bicycle helmets, teach CPR, provide scholarships, and run safety programs in schools because we’d rather prevent accidents happening to your family than litigate them.