Chicago Personal Injury Attorneys

Daniel E.O'Brien
Sean C. Burke

• Super Lawyer
• Illinois State Bar Association
• IllinoisTrial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Just 
• More than 20 years experience, each

Our primary goal and purpose is to help our clients who have been wronged or injured. We understand the difficulty in dealing with personal and family tragedies. As trial attorneys, we know how to prove liability and highlight the difficulties and trauma encountered by our clients. Close and courteous personal service should be expected by you. We provide it. We will take the time to listen to your concerns, answer your questions, and explain the strategies to best serve your interests. With this approach, our clients can make informed and effective decisions on their cases. We work with you to obtain the best possible results on your cases.

Sean C. Burke and Daniel E. O’Brien each have over 22 years of experience, including numerous settlements, jury trials, arbitration hearings, mediation, and alternate dispute resolutions. We have handled many significant and high profile matters with great success. We will help you through the confusing legal process, but you will always be intimately involved with your case.

Contact Burke & O'Brien, P.C. today if you need legal assistance with any of the following:

If you or a loved one needs the help of an experienced Chicago, Illinois Personal Injury lawyer, call Burke & O'Brien, P.C. today at 866-928-0536, or complete the contact form provided on this site to arrange your free initial consultation.

Professional Profiles

If you or a loved one needs the help of an experienced Chicago, Illinois Personal Injury lawyer, call Burke & O'Brien, P.C. today at 866-928-0536, or complete the contact form provided on this site to arrange your free initial consultation.

MEMBERS OF THE FIRM:

Attorney Sean C. Burke

Jurisdictions:

• Illinois
• Northern District of Illinois (Federal)

Education:

•  Holy Cross, 1986
  • BA History
• University of Illinois, 1989
  • Juris Doctor

Admitted To The Bar:

• 1989

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Super Lawyers
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice
• Lake County Bar Association
• Martindale Hubbel AV Rating

Attorney Daniel E. O'Brien

Jurisdictions:

• Illinois
• Northern District of Illinois (Federal)

Education:

• University of Illinois - 1986
  • BA Economics
• University of Illinois - 1989
  • Juris Doctor

Admitted To The Bar:

• 1989

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Super Lawyers
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice
• Kane County Bar Association
• Evans Scholars Alumni Association

Verdicts & Settlements

We have recently achieved successful outcomes in the following cases:

• $750,000 settlement for patient who suffered permanent nerve injury during low back surgery

• $1,477,000 verdict for carpenter who fell from an inadequate ladder and was impaled by a 100-lb. steel beam

• $2,400,000 settlement for pedestrian who suffered traumatic brain injury when struck by police squad car

• $545,000 settlement for ironworker who underwent lumbar spinal fusion following injury due to unsafe worksite

• $731,000 verdict for woman who suffered permanent injury to bile duct and pain syndrome as a result of negligent laparoscopic gall bladder surgery

• $431,000 verdict for mechanic struck from behind by a fully-loaded dump truck

• $800,000 settlement against village that did not properly warn of drop-off at its beach leading to the drowning deaths of a father and his son

• $750,000 settlement for the adult children of a woman who was struck and killed by a U.S. Postal truck

• $1.325 million verdict on behalf of City of Chicago employee wrongfully terminated after complaining of city corruption

• $900,000 settlement for self-employed contractor who suffered permanent wrist drop during surgery to repair his torn biceps tendons

• $650,000 settlement for a retired hospital administrator who fractured her leg in multiple places at a suburban dress shop

• $550,000 settlement against a suburban hospital that induced a stroke in a woman undergoing a heart exam

• $500,000 settlement for a young mother who suffered permanent paralysis around her left eye and mouth due to radiologist’s delay in diagnosing a benign brain tumor

If you or a loved one needs the help of an experienced Chicago, Illinois Personal Injury lawyer, call Burke & O'Brien, P.C. today at 866-928-0536, or complete the contact form provided on this site to arrange your free initial consultation.