Mr. Burke graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1980. After working for the Bureau of Legal Services of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, Mr. Burke became associated with a Pittsburgh law firm specializing in litigation and environmental matters. In 1981 Mr. Burke joined the Taft law firm, where he has concentrated in a variety of environmental law areas, including Superfund defense and negotiation, development and implementation of hazardous substance remedial investigation and corrective measure plans, defense of toxic tort and other civil and criminal claims, environmental insurance litigation, air permits and administrative proceedings before state and federal environmental agencies. Mr. Burke was an adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law where he taught a course on advanced problems in environmental law. He also served through 1991 as chairman of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Environment and Occupational Safety and Health Committee, was a member of the City of Cincinnati Environmental Advisory Council, has served as legal representative of the City of Cincinnati Hazardous Materials Advisory Committee. He is past chairman of the Cincinnati Bar Association Environmental Law Committee and was formerly chairman of the legal affairs subcommittee for the Hamilton County Advisory Committee on Chemical Emergency Response. Mr. Burke is a member of the SARA Title III Local Emergency Planning Committee and also is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, Master Level. Mr. Burke has been named to the Woodward-White listing of The Best Lawyers in America since 1991 and has been named a Leading Lawyer by Cincy Business magazine. He has been honored with inclusion in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers and has been named an Ohio Super Lawyer by the publishers of Cincinnati Magazine and Law & Politics magazine. Mr. Burke has represented clients in numerous environmental litigation, Superfund, RCRA and cleanup matters in more than 25 states around the country.