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New York Personal Injury Lawyer
Overview
Attorney Ron Burke has more than thirty years of experience trying a wide variety of malpractice and accident cases. Throughout his career, Mr. Burke has helped our clients obtain the compensation they deserve when injured by a medical malpractice, or in a construction, motor vehicle or premises accident.
Mr. Burke has achieved some the highest multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements in New York State as recognized by the New York Law Journal...
Attorney Ron Burke has more than thirty years of experience trying a wide variety of malpractice and accident cases. Throughout his career, Mr. Burke has helped our clients obtain the compensation they deserve when injured by a medical malpractice, or in a construction, motor vehicle or premises accident.
Mr. Burke has achieved some the highest multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements in New York State as recognized by the New York Law Journal...
Attorney Ron Burke has more than thirty years of experience trying a wide variety of malpractice and accident cases. Throughout his career, Mr. Burke has helped our clients obtain the compensation they deserve when injured by a medical malpractice, or in a construction, motor vehicle or premises accident.
Mr. Burke has achieved some the highest multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements in New York State as recognized by the New York Law Journal. He has received the highest possible AV rating of 5.0/5.0 by Martindale-Hubbell, one of the preeminent National Lawyer Directories. Mr. Burke has been consistently named to the New York Super Lawyers list every year since 2010, a distinction awarded to only 5% of attorneys in New York State, based on a peer review process.
In 2016, Mr. Burke obtained the fifth and sixth highest construction accident jury verdicts in New York State, as reported by Verdict Search, a New York Law Journal publication. He is actively involved in helping new attorneys develop and has served as Chairman of the Anatomy of a Deposition seminar since 2005, at the New York County Lawyer’s Association.
Some of Mr. Burke’s most notable cases include:
* $7,900,000 jury verdict against a neurosurgeon who negligently performed cervical fusion surgery. The surgical error resulted in the patient being partially paralyzed and totally disabled from any employment.
* $7,250,000 settlement was reached for a former New York City Corrections Officer who attempted suicide with her city issued firearm. Her suicide attempt resulted in her becoming fully paralyzed. The settlement was reached as her mental health should have precluded her from carrying a firearm, which was negligence on her employer, the City of New York.
* $5,730,000 jury verdict against New York Presbyterian Hospital for medical malpractice which resulted in a wrongful death of a stroke victim
* $5,250,000 settlement was reached during trial for a municipal worker who suffered significant injures to his ankle, which was crushed by a forklift
* $5,100,000 jury verdict against the New York City Transit Authority for a woman who suffered a partial amputation of her foot as a result of bus running over her.
* $4,500,000 jury verdict reached for a steel welder that was injured when he fell off an unsecured latter
* $3,500,000 settlement was reached for a 56 year old bank executive who became partially paralyzed as a result of a Suffolk County Hospital’s failure to timely diagnose and treat a brain infection
* $3,000,000 jury verdict awarded to the Estate of a 30 year old single woman who died as a result of a delayed diagnosis
* $2,000,000 jury verdict against a physician for medical malpractice when he failed to diagnose a prostate cancer
* $2,000,000 jury verdict for a 65 year old brick layer fell off a scaffold on a construction site, which resulted in fracturing his heel with complex regional pain syndrome. The injury was so significant, that it caused a permanent limp
About Ronald C. Burke
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Professional Liability
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Trucking Accidents
- Construction Accidents
- Premises Liability
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1984
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1984
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1984
Other Affiliations
- New York State Bar Association, 1984 - Present
Education
- New York Law School, New York, New York
J.D. - State University of New York, Albany, New York
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: cum laude
Major: Political Science
Classes and Seminars
- Chairman - Anatomy of a Deposition, New York County Lawyers Association, 2005 - Present
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Ronald C. Burke
Included on the 2023 New York Metro list
Past Lists
- 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New York — Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Honors
- AV rating of 5.0/5.0 by Martindale-Hubbell
- New York Super Lawyers, 2010 - Present
Office Information
Address
140 BroadwayFloor 37 New York, NY 10005
Phone
Fax
- (212) 425-0007
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
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