Burton James Kinerk

Burt is an expert in civil trial work, including personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice and multiple party lawsuits. His skill as a pilot and his experience as an intelligence officer and paratrooper for the 18th Airborne Corps have given him special insight into the area of aircraft litigation and he is an acknowledged leader in that field. Burt is also very well known for his expertise as a contract negotiator and, indeed, personal mentor, for professional athletes. He, in fact, was instrumental in establishing Tucson as a spring training center for Major League Baseball. A graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law, Burt remains active in the community. He is involved with the Tucson Conquistadores, the UA Foundation, the Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of Tucson and was a founding member of the Copper Bowl Foundation. He has been voted Man of the Year and Father of the Year, is a member of the Tucson High School and Pima County Halls of Fame and has been named to Best Lawyers in America. Burt and his wife, Nancy, have four children. Awards and Honors Honors Best Lawyers in America Who's Who in American Colleges & Universities Sterling Member of Who's Who - Executive Division Phi Delta Phi, Vice President, 1960 - 1961 Boss of the Year, Tucson Legal Secretaries Association Pima County Sports Hall of Fame, 1996 Man of the Year, Tucson Chamber of Commerce, 1996 Father of the Year, 1998 Tucson High School Hall of Fame, 1998 University of Arizona Trial Court Dedication, 1999 Voted one of the 100 Tucson Sports Figures of the Century, 2000 Southwest Super Lawyers 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

• Robertson, Childers, Burke & Drachman, Associate, 1962 - 1965
• Robertson, Childers, Burke & Drachman, Partner, 1965 - 1968
• Robertson & Fickett, Partner, 1968 - 1971
• Robertson, Molloy, Fickett & Jones, Partner, 1971 - 1975
• Barber, Haralson, Kinerk & Morey, PC, Partner, 1975 - 1978
• Haralson, Kinerk & Morey, PC, Shareholder, 1978 - 1994
• Kinerk, Beal, Schmidt & Dyer, Partner, 1997 - 2005
• Languages
• English

• Trial Practice: Lessons from the Masters, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, 2004 - 2005
• Arizona's New Year in Evidence Seminar, CLE West, 2003 - 2004

• Arizona, 1962
• Specialties and Certifications
• Injury/Wrongful Death, State Bar of Arizona

• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, 1980 (President)
• Arizona Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1985 (President)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
• Western Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 - Present (Member)
• National Football League Players Association, 1992 - Present (Regis. Agent)
• Sports Lawyers Association, 1992 - Present (Member)
• Sigma Chi Hall of Fame, 2005 - Present
• Burt Kinerk & Associates, Inc. (Sports Management), 1971 - Present (President)
• Kinerk & Associates, PC, 1994 - Present (Shareholder)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Sigma Chi