Attorney Profiles

James Alexander Burke 
Newburgh, New York
Associate
phone (845) 566-5345
800-LAW-5141
fax (845) 902-4395
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James Alexander Burke specializes in appeals and motion practice in the fields of personal injury and products liability. A 1984 graduate of Boalt Hall, University of California at Berkeley, Mr. Burke worked for the Legal Aid Society of New York and for a NYC white collar criminal boutique before moving to the Hudson Valley and joining Larkin, Axelrod, Ingrassia & Tetenbaum, LLP, where he heads the appeals and motions department. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and in the U.S. District Courts in all four districts of New York.

Mr. Burke is married and the father of three children. He is cantor and organist at Saint Peter's Catholic Church in Kingston, New York. He has been associated for several years with the Mid-Hudson Children's Museum in Poughkeepsie, New York, where, after four years as President of the Board of Trustees, he is now a member of the Museum's Advisory Board.

Areas of Practice:
Jones Act
Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee
Federal Appellate Practice
State Appellate Practice
Animal Bites -- Plaintiff
Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
Machinery & Tools
Pharmaceutical Products
Recreational Products
Legal Malpractice
Municipal Liability
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1985
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1994
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1994
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1998
U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2007
Education:
University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California
J.D.


University of California, Berkeley, California
M.A.
Major:  Musicology


Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, District of Colombia
B.M.
Major:  Music


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Mid Hudson Children's Museum , 1997 - 2001
President of Board of Trustee


Past Employment Positions:
Legal Aid Society of New York, Staff Attorney, 1984 - 1988


Steven Kimelman, P.C., Attorney, 1988 - 1997


Pro Bono Activities:
Mid Hudson Children's Museum, 1995 - 2001