Timothy P. Burke

Tim was recently national coordinating defense counsel for a major Wall Street firm for all regulatory and litigation matters involving the auction rate securities market. Previously, Tim was national coordinating defense counsel for all arbitration claims against a major broker-dealer involving research analysts following the technology market crash. He successfully represents companies and individuals in connection with insider trading investigations, revenue-sharing, complex securities fraud issues, sales practice matters, licensing and registration issues, regulatory examinations, and disciplinary and administrative hearings and trials.

Tim frequently lectures on issues relevant to the securities industry and participates in panel discussions, and conducts continuing education training programs for broker-dealer clients. Tim has authored and co-authored articles on various securities topics, including securities arbitration proceedings, insider trading, defamation in the securities industry, and state securities regulation issues, and he is a past coordinating editor of the Annual ABA Broker-Dealer Litigation Survey. Tim is consistently recognized for his work in regulatory enforcement by Chambers USA, where clients describe him as “extraordinarily effective” and note his “enormous credibility with the regulators.”

Before joining Morgan Lewis, Tim was a partner at another international law firm, where he was a member of its executive board, co-chair of the firm’s financial institutions regulatory, enforcement, and litigation group, and practice group leader of the firm’s broker-dealer regulatory practice.