Thomas R. "Tom" Burke

Thomas R. "Tom" Burke


Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Recognized since 2006

San Francisco, California

Practice Areas

Litigation - First Amendment

Media Law

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Tom Burke concentrates his practice on media, entertainment and intellectual property litigation and counseling. He has over 23 years of litigation experience in the trial and appellate courts including multiple appearances in the California Supreme Court, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and California’s Courts of Appeal.

Tom's clients include: Amazon.com, The Bakersfield Californian, California Newspaper Publishers Association, CBS, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Investigative Reporting, CNN, Kaiser Permanente, Lions Gate Entertainment, The Los Angeles Times, The McClatchy Company, NBCUniversal, The New York Times Co., San Francisco Chronicle, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Sierra Club, Western Communications, Inc., and Zite.com.

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Location
  • 50 California Street, Suite 2300
    San Francisco, CA 94111-6533
Education
  • University of San Francisco, J.D., graduated 1989
  • Arizona State University, BS
Bar Admissions
  • California, The State Bar of California

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington

179 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

124 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Litigation - First Amendment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - First Amendment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Litigation - First Amendment Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Litigation - First Amendment
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - First Amendment, San Francisco (2025)
  • Litigation - First Amendment, San Francisco (2023)
  • Litigation - First Amendment, San Francisco (2021)
  • Litigation - First Amendment, San Francisco (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Litigation - First Amendment
  • Media Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
  • Entertainment Law - Music
  • First Amendment Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property

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