Christine Elaine Burke
Ms. Burke is a Partner with the Law Offices of Karpf, Karpf & Cerutti, P.C., an employment discrimination firm. The firm handles employment related matters in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Ms. Burke has tried numerous federal jury trials to successful verdicts on the plaintiff’s side, and frequently litigates in federal courts throughout PA and NJ, and DE. Ms. Burke’s employment litigation background also includes appellate work, arguing before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, including one panel with retired Associate Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, sitting by designation. Ms. Burke’s appellate work in the Third Circuit has resulted in successful reversals in both published and non-published opinions. Prior to working with the firm, Ms. Burke previously held a prestigious judicial internship with the Honorable Carol Sandra Moore Wells, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as well as spent time with the Federal Defender's Office for the District of Delaware. Ms. Burke is the Executive Director (Southern New Jersey) for the Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court, and is a current member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Committee. She regularly presents on employment related matters for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and has presented for the Federal Bench Bar and NJSBA/NJICLE. Ms. Burke has been designated by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, 2019-2020.
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Zoom
- New Jersey
- New Jersey Courts
- Pennsylvania
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- ID Number: 308166
- 3rd Circuit
- University of Delaware
- B.A.
- Rutgers University - Newark
- J.D.
- Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court
- Executive Director, South Jersey Division
- Current
- State Bar of Pennsylvania  # 308166
- Member
- Current
- Litigating the Employment Discrimination Case, Philadelphia PA
- PBI
- What Are We Not Asking for in Discovery in These Employment Cases That We Should Be? And – Does It Really Come in at Trial?, PBI Employment Law Institute 2019, Philadelphia PA
- PBI
- #Me Too Movement and its Interaction with Employment Law, Women in the Profession Committee
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Getting Real on Damages, PBI Employment Law Institute 2018, Philadelphia PA
- PBI