About

Daniel K. Burke is the founder and president of DKB LEGAL LLC. Dan is an experienced attorney who has guided many clients, including Fortune 100 companies, mid-size and small businesses, as well as individuals, through the analysis, resolution and litigation of a wide range of business and employment matters. 

Prior to founding DKB LEGAL, Dan practiced law with large law firms, including Strasburger Price LLP in Dallas, Texas and Ice Miller LLP in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dan also practiced law with Hoover Hull Turner LLP, an Indianapolis law firm specializing in complex business and employment litigation.

Dan has achieved the highest peer review rating (AV Preeminent®) provided by Martindale-Hubbell, was selected as an Indiana SuperLawyer ** for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, and an Indiana SuperLawyers Rising Star®*** for 2009, 2011, and 2012. Dan also has also achieved a rating of 10.0 “superb” by AVVO.****

EXPERIENCE

  • Counseled and advised business owners and individuals in the analysis and resolution of disputes regarding noncompetition (or noncompete), non-solicitation and nondisclosure agreements.

  • Partnered with clients to resolve trade secret misappropriation claims.

  • Counseled clients in resolving employment matters, including wage and hour, harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims.

  • Defended attorneys and other professionals against malpractice claims.

  • Assisted carriers and policyholders in resolving insurance coverage disputes.

  • Represented trustees and beneficiaries in trust litigation matters.

  • Guided clients through resolution of business ownership disputes.

  • Represented real estate developers, contractors and property owners in real estate and construction disputes.

  • Defended manufacturers against products liability claims.

  • Advised clients in the identification, avoidance, resolution and litigation of wide range of other business disputes, including fraud, tortious interference, defamation, breach of contract and negligence.

EDUCATION

Dan earned his B.S. degree from Indiana University – Bloomington (1994) and his law degree, with honors, from the Southern Methodist University School of Law in Dallas, Texas (1999). While in law school, Dan was also a member of the SMU Law Review.

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: 

  • Speaker, Non-Compete, Non-Solicit and Confidentiality Agreements, National Business Institute, April 2020.

  • Speaker, Non-Competes and Restrictive Covenants - Expanding on Core Knowledge, National Business Institute, March 2020.

  • Speaker, Competition, Confidentiality and Covenant Conundrums, National Business Institute, September 2019.

  • Speaker, Dispute Resolution for Agency Owners, Professional Insurance Agents of Indiana Annual Convention, May 2018.

  • Speaker, Negotiating Dispute Resolution, Death, Disability and Other Dangerous Provisions, National Business Institute, March 2018.

  • Speaker, Competition, Confidentiality and Covenant Conundrums, National Business Institute, March 2018.

  • Speaker, Drafting in Anticipation of Litigation, National Business Institute, November 2017.

  • Speaker, Contract Dispute Resolution, National Business Institute, March 2017.

  • Speaker, Evading Contract Enforceability Issues, National Business Institute, March 2017.

  • Speaker, Alternative Dispute Resolution - Arbitration, National Business Institute, September 2015.

  • Author, Non-Solicitation Agreements Won’t Extend to Past Customers, Hoover Hull Turner LLP Newsletter, Spring 2015.

  • Speaker, Indiana Civil Law Update, Indiana State Judicial Conference, September 2013.

  • Co-Author, Recent Developments in Indiana Civil Procedure, 46 Ind. L. Rev. 975 (2013).

  • Co-Author, Recent Developments in Indiana Civil Procedure, 45 Ind. L. Rev. 1011 (2012).

  • Author, Asset Protection through Noncompetition Agreements, Hoover Hull LLP Newsletter, Spring 2011.

  • Author, Recent Developments in Indiana Civil Procedure, 44 Ind. L. Rev. 1087 (2011).

  • Author, Recent Developments in Indiana Civil Procedure, 43 Ind. L. Rev. 639 (2010).

  • Author, Recent Developments in Indiana Civil Procedure, 42 Ind. L. Rev. 879 (2009).

  • Co-Author, Recent Developments in Indiana Civil Procedure, 41 Ind. L. Rev. 883 (2008).

Professional Admissions, Associations and Memberships

  • Indiana State Bar

  • Texas State Bar (Inactive)

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

  • United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, the Northern District of Illinois, and the Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas

  • United States Tax Court

  • American, Indiana and Indianapolis Bar Associations

  • Fellow of the Indiana Bar Association

* AV Preeminent® is a registered certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.

**The SuperLawyer selection process is based on nominations by attorneys licensed in Indiana, combined with third-party research. Up to 5% of lawyers in the state are selected as SuperLawyers.

***The Rising Star selection process (limited to attorneys 40 years of age or younger or in practice for 10 years or less) is based on nominations by attorneys licensed in Indiana combined with third-party research. Up to 2.5% of the eligible lawyers in the state are selected as Rising Stars®.

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