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Overview
A graduate of Baylor Law School, Mr. Burke has successfully represented clients involved in high-stakes litigation across Texas and the U.S. He guest lectures at Baylor Law School and serves as a consultant and monitoring counsel for manufacturing companies, automotive and other product dealerships, oil and gas companies involved in pre-suit matters and litigation. He has represented a wide range of domestic and international companies, such as automobile manufacturers, automotive and RV dealerships, heavy equipment manufacturers and dealerships, firearm manufacturers, oil and gas operators, drilling companies, tubing companies, and other energy entities. Mr. Burke also specializes in a broad field of commercial and other business litigation, including business disparagement, non-solicitation, noncompete, and tortious interference with contract cases. In 2017, the Board of Directors for Texas Young Lawyers Association elected Mr. Burke as Chair of the organization. Mr. Burke also serves as a committee co-chair on the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. He is passionate about serving the community and his profession through TYLA and DAYL, and he is also passionate about zealously representing his clients.
About Aaron J. Burke
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Business Litigation
- Product Liability
- Oil & Gas
- Professional Malpractice
Representative Clients
- Smith v. Endeavor Energy & EKO Gas Gathering” with “Plaintiff v. Oil & Gas Operator
- Engineering Matters, represented numerous engineering and architectural professionals related to claims of professional negligence in design and construction of residential and commercial properties.
- Smith v. Endeavor Energy & EKO Gas Gathering, Denton County, Texas. Obtained partial summary judgment limiting plaintiff to purported change in fair market value damages, obtained ruling striking plaintiff’s appraisal expert’s opinions entirely.
- Business disparagement, defamation, tortious interference with contract case, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Obtained dismissal with prejudice of all claims against client, dental consultation practice, including an award of attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs, under Texas anti‐Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (“anti‐SLAPP”) statute.
- Fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and tortious interference with contract case, Austin, Travis County, Texas. Obtained non‐suit of all claims against clients after filing Motion to Dismiss under Texas anti‐SLAPP statute. Plaintiff alleged damages in excess of $1 million.
- Non‐compete, non‐solicitation, tortious interference, and misappropriation of trade secrets case, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. After full‐day evidentiary hearing, obtained denial of temporary injunction and dissolution of temporary restraining order sought by Plaintiff to enjoin client landscaping company from soliciting or doing business with any of Plaintiff’s many hundreds of alleged customers.
- Non‐compete, non‐solicitation, tortious interference, and sexual harassment case, Houston, Harris County, Texas. Plaintiff demanded more than $900,000 in damages, settled at mediation, without any compensation going to Plaintiff.
- Minshall v. Hartman Equine Reproduction Center, Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division. Obtained $160,000, plus, verdict on behalf of clients, owners of a diseased American Quarter Horse, in suit against stallion owners and stallion station and breeding facility, after a significant settlement with stallion owners.
- Products death case, Tarrant County, Texas. Won summary judgment against subrogation claim brought by life insurance company on behalf of decedent’s widow. Subrogation carrier claimed $290,000 in damages.
- Oil rig death case, Midland County, Texas. Obtained summary judgment for a major oil exploration and production company on all plaintiffs’ claims in a wrongful death lawsuit arising from an accident on an oil & gas drilling rig. Plaintiffs’ appealed. Successfully briefed and defended appeal of case to Texas Supreme Court, which affirmed trial court’s ruling.
- Overseas government contractor case, Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana Division. Obtained summary judgment on behalf of international government contractor based on alleged traumatic brain injury suffered by plaintiff in Marine‐vehicle outfitting/upgrading facility in Kuwait. Plaintiff claimed more than $1 million in damages.
- Pipeline explosion case, Travis County, Texas. Obtained dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a subsurface utility engineering company. Plaintiff’s claimed more than $1 million in damages from significant burns.
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
Other Affiliations
- Guest Lecturer, Baylor Law School, Intro to Oil and Gas
- Chair, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2018-2019
- Alumni, DAYL Leadership Class, 2012-2013
Classes and Seminars
- “Confusion Now Hath Made His Masterpiece! But When Does the Removal Countdown Begin? A Discussion on the Fifth Circuit’s Recent Fraudulent Joinder Decisions and Their Potential to Trap the Unwary Litigator,” 63 Baylor Law Review, 2011
- “Two Cases that Changed the Nation, Turning Points in 20th Century America.” SAGU ThoughtHub Guest Speaker
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, 2010
Doctorate of Jurisprudence
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: ranked 3rd of 118 - Southwestern Assemblies of God University, 2006
B.S.
Honors: summa cum laude
Major: History
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Office Information
Address
1201 Elm St.Suite 4000 Dallas, TX 75270 - 2171
Phone
Office Hours
Monday–Friday: 9am–5pm
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Honors
- Named by D Magazine as Best Lawyers in Dallas for Business Litigation (2021)
- D Magazing Best Lawyers Under 40 (2019, 2021)
- Recognized as a Rising Star in the Rising Stars Edition of Texas Super Lawyers Magazine (2016-2021)
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