Michael Kerry Burke

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Professional Experience

• The Burke Law Firm
• Kinsella Boesch Fujikawa & Towle (prestigious boutique litigation firm)
• Morrison & Foerster (top 10 international law firm)
• United States Courts, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and US District Court (CD Cal)
• RAND Corporation (policy and research analyst at nationally known think tank) 
• AV-rated (top 10 percent of lawyers nationwide)

Legal Education

• UCLA School of Law
• UCLA Law Review (prestigious journal of scholarly legal articles)
• Roscoe Pound Moot Court Honors Society (oral argument competition)
• Teaching Assistant, Legal Writing and Research
• Research Assistant (Prof. Steven Shiffrin, Constitutional law)
• Greenberg Scholar

Relevant Litigation

• Tried numerous cases for State Farm Insurance in nation's largest employment discrimination class action
• Defended Northrop Grumman in contract dispute with the Royal Canadian Air Force
• Handled extensive nationwide litigation involving Girls Gone Wild
• Successfully managed numerous class actions to favorable client outcomes
• Represented an international cosmetics company and a freight forwarder in price-fixing antitrust actions
• Negotiated white collar criminal plea agreements with the US Department of Justice and with States Attorneys General
• Handle law firm dissolutions and partnership disputes for numerous Los Angeles law firms, as well as business partnership and shareholder disputes
• Represented well-known child actor in suit against his parents and business manager for mismanagement of assets
• Successfully represented bondholders in Charles Keating/Lincoln Savings & Loan securities fraud cases through appeal
• Represent commercial art dealers in greymarket copyright disputes
• Prevailed in constitutional cases challenging retroactive tax law changes, and imposing constitutional limits on punitive damages 
• Represent broad range of clients in employment, unfair competition and commercial litigation matters 
• Represent media broadcasters and corporate entities in free speech, court access and defamation cases 

Business Matters 

• Negotiate supply chain, vendor and distribution agreements
• Negotiate acquisition terms of business entities  
• Conduct due diligence for corporate acquisitions 
• Negotiate real estate acquisitions and commercial lease agreements
• Represented equity partners in large marina resort development 
• Represent large national hotel operator in real estate acquisitions 
• Negotiated with World Bank to finance hotel construction for NGO's iafter the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed 250,000 and flattened the capital
• Negotiate technology transfer licenses with Sandia National Laboratory 
• Represented solar power company in acquisition of utility level solar power projects 
• Advise medical professionals and surgical centers (also represented the plastic surgeons on ABC's "Extreme Makeover")
• Represent entertainment production companies in corporate and content acquisition matters  

General Counsel Experience 

• General Counsel for companies in food manufacturing and distribution, media and entertainment, health and beauty products, and real estate development 
• Outside general counsel for entertainment content producers, defense industry technology licensing, alternative energy production, educational enterprises, biotechnology and real estate development