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Jayne Bart-Plange is a Partner at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. As a civil litigation and trial attorney, Jayne has tried high-value, complex cases and successfully argued dispositive motions in both State and Federal courts. Jayne represents clients in Illinois and throughout the Midwest.

Clients look to Jayne for practical business counsel coupled with her fierce litigation skills, and they appreciate her strategic and methodical approach to reaching favorable resolutions on their behalf. She is recognized among her peers as an adept negotiator, and has successfully defended clients in disputes involving FMCSA violations and administrative remedies, breach of contract, civil conspiracy/in-concert liability, U.S.C. Section 1983, strict liability, manufacturing and design defects. Her clients include logistics corporations, trucking and transportation companies and industry professionals, domestic and international freight brokers, commercial property owners, and global hotel management chains. 

Prior to joining Burke Warren, Jayne was a Trucking and Transportation litigation partner at Cassiday Schade. In addition to her legal work, Jayne served as Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee where she created and led the firm’s year-long Internship Program for 3L students.

Honors & Awards

  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Construction Law, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants), and Transportation Law, 2024-2025
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (Ones to Watch) 2023

Professional/Community

  • Executive Board Member - Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness

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Admissions

  • Illinois 
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Education

University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law (UMKC), J.D., Kit Carson Rogue Jr Scholar - May 2015

Loyola University Chicago, B.A. - May 2011

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