Brian D. Burbrink - Associate

• Employment & Labor Law
• Environmental Insurance Coverage & Defense
• General Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Toxic Tort Defense

• Family & Closely Held Businesses
• Medical Devices

Brian has a general civil litigation practice with a focus in labor and employment law, products liability and contractual disputes.

In the labor and employment area, Brian has counseled and represented employers in the following areas:

• Defending employers in administrative charges before the EEOC, the U.S. Department of Labor, and state and local agencies in California, Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee;
• Participating in trial preparation for multi-district litigation defense of a Fortune 100 employer in a high profile worker classification matter;
• Defending employers against claims of unfair competition, breach of contract, covenants not to compete, breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of trade secrets;
• Completing fact investigation, discovery, and on-call trial support for single plaintiff and class action litigation

Brian also has experience defending personal injury cases, including:

• Defending clients who manufacture or sell goods, equipment and other products which have been alleged to be defective and caused injury;
• Representing clients in toxic tort lawsuits, such as asbestos.

Brian’s work also includes assisting clients with a range of contract disputes.

• University of Illinois, J.D., magna cum laude, 2008
• Butler University, B.S. in Business Administration-Marketing, 2002