Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
University of Notre Dame (A.B., with honors, 1955)
University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1958)
Profile
Richard W. Burke is a partner at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. Mr. Burke's practice embraces a broad range of business concerns. He offers counsel on the formation and general legal issues of business organizations; the purchase and sale of companies; public, private, and governmental financing; business succession plans; employee benefits and compensation; real estate acquisition, development and divestiture; representation of public entities; the representation of and regulatory concerns of financial institutions; and formal and informal business reorganizations. He also offers extensive experience in both civil and white-collar criminal cases at the state and federal levels.
Experience
- Formation, purchase and sale of numerous bank holding companies;
- Representation of an employee benefit plan established pursuant to collective bargaining agreement involving a large public entity;
- Sale of manufacturer and seller of sports protection gear with domestic and foreign subsidiaries;
- Sale of numerous companies in the waste disposal industry;
- Representation of a public entity in the major reconstructions of a stadium, negotiation of lease with major league football team as Tenant; procural of legislative change authorizing the transaction and bond issuance, acted as counsel on bond issuance; and successful defense of transaction, including argument in Illinois Supreme Court;
- Merger of national mortgage banking firm with international steel company;
- Sale of a major fastener manufacturer by a private charity;
- Principal trustee of a multi-million dollar private charity with investment and grant making responsibilities.
Honors & Awards
- AV (highest rating) by Martindale Hubbard for many consecutive years
Professional/Community
- Shedd Aquarium, Honorary Trustee
- Visiting Committee of the University of Chicago Law School
- Catholic Charities, Past President; Director
- Board of Advisors of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary, former Vice-Chairman
- Chicago Bar Association, Member
- Illinois State Bar Association, Trial Practice, Corporate and Real Estate Sections, Member
Pressroom
News
- October 11, 2019
- New leading sports protection and performance company, United Sports BrandsOctober 14, 2015
- July 14, 2011
Alerts
- October 25, 2016