BURKE LLP

CHRISTOPHER M. BURKE

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Christopher M. Burke’s principal practice is in competition law.

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Mr. Burke has recovered over $10 billion on behalf of class members in matters where he served as lead or co-lead counsel.

See, e.g.,

• In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation, No. 13-cv-7789 (S.D.N.Y.) (“FX litigation”) ($2.3 billion settlement);

• In re GSE Bonds Antitrust Litigation, No. 19-cv-01704 (S.D.N.Y.) (“GSE litigation”) ($386.5 million settlement);

• Alaska Electrical Pension Fund v. Bank of America Corp., No. 14-cv-7126 (S.D.N.Y.) (“ISDAfix litigation”) ($504.5 million settlement);

• Dahl v. Bain Capital Partners, LLC, No. 07-cv-12388 (D. Mass.) ($590.5 million settlement);

• In re Currency Conversion Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1409 (S.D.N.Y.) ($336 million settlement); and

• In re Payment Card Interchange Fee & Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1720 (E.D.N.Y.) ($5.6 billion settlement).

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Mr. Burke is currently serving as co-lead counsel in:

• In re Fragrance Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation, No. 2:23-cv-02174 (D.N.J.);

• In re Passenger Vehicle Replacement Tires Antitrust Litigation, No. 5:24-md-3107 (N.D. Ohio); and

• Mirage Wine + Spirits, Inc. v. Apple Inc. et al., No. 3:23-cv-03942-DWD (S.D. Ill.), pursuing price-fixing claims against dominant firms in the fragrance, tire, and financial services industries.

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Mr. Burke has also served as co-lead counsel in, inter alia:

• Dahl v. Bain Capital Partners, LLC, No. 07-cv-12388 (D. Mass.) ($590.5 million settlement);

• Axiom Investment Advisors, LLC, by and through its Trustee, Gildor Management LLC v. Barclays Bank PLC, No. 15-cv-09323 (S.D.N.Y.) ($50 million settlement);

• In re Currency Conversion Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1409 (S.D.N.Y.) ($336 million settlement);

• In re Payment Card Interchange Fee & Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1720 (E.D.N.Y.) ($5.6 billion settlement); and

• LiPuma v. American Express Co., No. 1:04-cv-20314 (S.D. Fla.) ($90 million settlement).

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Mr. Burke was also co-lead counsel for indirect purchasers in:

• In re Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1891 (C.D. Cal.) ($86 million settlement); and

• In re Prudential Insurance Company of America SGLI/VGLI Contract Litigation, No. 11-md-2208 (D. Mass.) ($40 million settlement).

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He was one of the original lawyers in the In re Wholesale Electric Antitrust Cases in California, which settled for over $1 billion. Mr. Burke also investigated and filed the first complaint in In re Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation, No. 13-md-2476 (S.D.N.Y.).

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Mr. Burke has extensive trial experience. He was lead trial counsel in the FX litigation and one of the trial counsel in:

• Schwartz v. Visa, No. 822505-4 (Alameda Cty. Super. Ct.) ($780 million plaintiff’s judgment after six months of trial);

• In re Disposable Contact Lens Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1030 (M.D. Fla.) ($90 million settlement, with final settlements occurring during trial);

• Ross v. Bank of America N.A. (USA), No. 05-cv-7116, MDL No. 1409 (S.D.N.Y.); and

• Ross v. American Express Co., No. 04-cv-5723, MDL No. 1409 (S.D.N.Y.).

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Mr. Burke frequently lectures at professional conferences and CLEs on competition matters, including litigation surrounding financial benchmarks, class-barring arbitration clauses, the effects of Twombly in 12(b)(6) motions, and the increasing use of experts at class certification and trial.

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The American Antitrust Institute (“AAI”) honored Mr. Burke with an Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice award at their 2020 and 2018 Antitrust Enforcement Awards for efforts in the GSE litigation and ISDAfix litigation, respectively.

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In 2014, he was also recognized for his exemplary work in the Dahl v. Bain Capital Partners matter by the AAI and has regularly been designated as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters.

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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.

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Mr. Burke’s book, The Appearance of Equality: Racial Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and the Supreme Court (Greenwood, 1999), examines conflicts over voting rights and political representation within the competing rhetoric of communitarian and liberal strategies of justification.

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Mr. Burke co-authored an article with Stephanie A. Hackett, David W. Mitchell, Simon J. Wilke, Melanie Stallings Williams, Michael A. Williams, and Wei Zhao, titled “Masters of the Universe: Bid Rigging by Private Equity Firms in Multibillion Dollar LBOs,” 87 U. Cin. L. Rev. 29 (2018).

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Mr. Burke received his B.A. from The Ohio State University (1984), his Master’s degree from William & Mary (1988), and his M.A. (1989) and Ph.D. (1996) in Political Science and J.D. (1993) from the University of Wisconsin.

He is admitted to the Wisconsin, California, and New York State Bars, as well as numerous federal district courts and courts of appeal.