JENNIFER BURKES ESQ.

The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Jennifer has over 25 years of experience representing individuals who have been injured due to the negligence of others. She has been trial counsel in numerous state and federal court cases that resulted in 7-figure verdicts.
Over her career, Jennifer has also been instrumental in obtaining countless 7-figure settlements for her clients in addition to 8-figure settlements. Her accomplishments have led to her being named a “Super Lawyer” every year since 2014, an honor awarded to less than 5% of the attorneys in Southern California. She was also awarded membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum as well as being named a National Trial Lawyers “Top 100.”
Jennifer is originally from Mississippi and attended law school at the University of Mississippi School of Law where she graduated with honors and received five (5) American Jurisprudence awards for highest achievement in classes.
In law school, Jennifer was Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the Mississippi Law Journal, winner of the school’s Moot Court Competition, represented the school as a member of the National Moot Court Competition Team, and was awarded membership in Phi Kappa Phi.
Following graduation, Jennifer completed a prestigious clerkship with the Honorable E. Grady Jolly, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Jennifer’s law office on the Mississippi Gulf Coast was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, prompting her move to California. She and her husband are the proud parents of one daughter.
HONORS
Education
- University of Mississippi School of Law
Honors & Awards
- 5 awards by American Jurisprudence for the highest achievement in classes
- Elite Lawyer
- Super Lawyer Rated
Associations
- Society of Women Trial Lawyers
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Elite Lawyer
- Super Lawyer Rated
Settlements and Verdicts :
- Auto vs. Bicycle Accident- $14,500,000
- Auto vs. Tractor-Trailer – $10,000,000
- Medical Malpractice – $4,750,000
- Auto vs. Motorcycle Accident – $6,000,000
- Wrongful Death – $6,000,000
- Fall at Construction Site- $4,000,000
- Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death – $3,000,000
- Fall from Scaffold – $1,750,000
- Medical Malpractice – $1,500,000
- Negligence – $1,500,000
- Auto vs Skateboarder accident – $1,500,000
- Medical Malpractice VBAC – $1,100,000