Burke PLLC is a litigation boutique specializing in complex and class actions.
Our firm is comprised of highly experienced and practical litigators. We litigate with passion on behalf of our clients. Our deep, real world experience allows us to offer litigation avoidance advice that is sound and practical.
Much of our litigation work focuses primarily on defending pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and durable medical equipment providers who are subjected to government investigation or False Claims Act qui tam litigation. We have had substantial success defeating claims asserted by the Department of Justice and False Claims Act qui tam relators.
- Among other victories, we obtained a fee award based on the Department’s bad faith in pursuing meritless False Claims Act claims.
- We also prevailed against the Department of Justice in a bench trial held in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Along with co-counsel from Covington & Burling, we prevailed on a motion to dismiss against a qui tam relator alleging off label promotion.
- We successfully represented the government of the Dominican Republic in an action for dumping ash on Dominican beaches. We obtained a six million dollar settlement, which has been used to remove the ash and remediate the beaches. Click Here
- We have a robust human rights practice. To read more about our civil rights work Click Here
Our plaintiffs-side work focuses primarily on human rights. We are currently serving as lead counsel in several major litigations aimed at holding mercenaries and other defense contractors accountable for their actions abroad.
- We represent the Iraqis who were tortured at Abu Ghraib and other prisons in Iraq. Click Here
- We represent the families of those killed by Blackwater mercenaries in Nissor Square on September 16, 2007. We also represent the family of another Blackwater victim who was killed on September 9, 2007. Click Here
- We represent the family of a woman who was killed by Unity, an Australian mercenary company. Click Here
We offer practical advice to clients who want to avoid litigation.
- We understand fraud and abuse laws and can advise clients how to minimize the risk of government inquiries.
- We can interface on behalf of our clients during government inquiries.
- We can perform competent internal investigations for companies who require internal and external complaints. we specialize in field-based investigations and can keep distruptions to your business to a minimum.
