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christopher m. burke
Christopher M. Burke is a graduate of The Ohio State University (B.A. 1984), William & Mary (M.A. 1988) and the University of Wisconsin (M.A. 1989; JD 1993; Ph.D. 1996). Mr. Burke’s principal practice is in complex antitrust, consumer and other representative litigation. Prior to joining Scott + Scott, his practice centered on complex antitrust litigation, including In re Payment Card & Merchant Fee Antitrust Litigation and In re Truck Fuel Antitrust Litigation. Mr. Burke served as co-lead counsel in In re Currency Conversion Antitrust Litigation ($336 million settlement), in In re Payment Card & Merchant Fee Antitrust Litigation and was one of the trial counsel in Schwartz v. Visa ($800 million plaintiff verdict). Currently, Mr. Burke is one of the lead counsel in the In re Private Equity Antitrust Litigation. Mr. Burke has also served as an Assistant Attorney General at the Wisconsin Department of Justice and has lectured on law-related topics, including constitutional law, law and politics and civil rights at the State University of New York at Buffalo and at the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Burke’s book, The Appearance of Equality: The Supreme Court and Racial Gerrymandering (Greenwood, 1999), examines conflicts over voting rights and political representation within the competing rhetoric of communitarian and liberal strategies of justification. Mr. Burke is admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of the State of California, the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin, and numerous additional United States District Courts.
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