Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Kathy Burke has extensive experience in a wide variety of commercial litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts. She has represented clients such as American Greetings Corporation, Blockbuster, Bridgestone/Firestone, Brush Wellman, DePuy Spine, GenCorp., The LTV Corporation, Nestle Holdings, and USG Corporation in contract disputes, director and officer liability investigation and litigation, litigation related to chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, class actions, insurance coverage litigation, securities, and intellectual property cases.

Kathy is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2009) and Ohio Super Lawyers (2009) for commercial litigation. She is co-chair of the American Bar Association's Federal Practice Task Force and immediate past co-chair of its Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation Committee. She is a member of The American Law Institute, the ABA (State Delegate for Ohio), and the Ohio State Bar Association, which elected her its first woman president. She has chaired the Ohio Supreme Court's Rules Advisory Committee and has served on a number of other commissions and committees of the Ohio Supreme Court. She has received the YWCA of Greater Cleveland's Career Woman of Achievement Award and the Ohio State Bar Association's highest award, the Ohio Bar Medal, and the St. Thomas More Award from the Lawyers Guild of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Kathy is a board member of the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation and of Notre Dame College.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Metals & Mining

Representative Cases

• Bridgestone /Firestone, Inc. v. First State Insurance Co., et al.; International Surplus Lines Ins. Co., et al. v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., et al.; Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. v. AIU Insurance Co., et al.
• In re LTV Steel Co., 285 B.R. 259 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2002); including In re LTV Steel Co., Inc., 307 B.R. 37 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2004); In re LTV Steel Co., Inc., 274 B.R. 278 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2001)
• Chapter 11 Asbestos Case

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• St. John's University

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7130 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.216.579.0212 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com