Carla M. Burke

Carla Burke, an attorney and shareholder with Baron & Budd's water contamination litigation group, began her legal career with the firm's appellate section. She has a gift for writing and oral advocacy that has been very persuasive in the MTBE Multi-District Litigation cases. Carla has also authored and presented numerous papers and presentations on the topics of toxic tort and water contamination litigation and premises liability law. Carla is a natural teacher, which is perfect for her role as a legal issues attorney in complex water contamination cases. She has also been an adjunct clinical instructor of law at the Southern Methodist University School of Law Legal Clinic and, before law school, an English professor at a local college. Not long after law school, she successfully briefed and argued, pro bono, the case of Lawson v. Dallas County, 112 F.3d 257 (5th Cir. 2002) before the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, where she represented a disabled man whose lack of medical treatment while in the custody of the Dallas county jail amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Carla's work for her clients is driven by her conviction that "law is a powerful force for social change. What starts with one person can affect an entire nation." Carla found the opportunity to be a part of that force for change at Baron & Budd. "Baron & Budd is, literally, changing lives for the better," she says. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Carla M. Burke included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Fellow, Dallas Bar Association 2016-Present: Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Lawyers - National Trial Lawyers 2020-Present: Top 10 Environmental Trial Lawyers - National Trial Lawyers 2020-Present: Top 25 Products Liability Trial Lawyers - National Trial Lawyers 2020-Present: Top 25 National Women Trial Lawyers - National Trial Lawyers Other Sources of Feedback About Carla M. Burke Included on the 2006Texas Super Lawyers list

• Shareholder
• Attorney
• Languages
• French

• Panelist, "Emerging Issues Regarding Toxins Affecting Water", American Association for Justice Annual Convention, 2010
• Speaker, "Water Contamination: What Lies Beneath", Harris Martin Oil Spill Litigation Conference, 2010
• Panelist, "Are There Synergistic Effects Between Toxic Tort Suits and Environmental Regulations?", Environmental Law Institute, 2006
• Speaker, "Update on MTBE Litigation", Energy Litigation Conference, 2005
• Co-Presenter, "Premises Liability Cases: What Does the Future Hold?", Andrews Asbestos Litigation Conference, 2003
• Co-Presenter, "Texas Supreme Court Update", Dallas Court of Appeals Seminar, 2000
• Panelist, "Setting the Bar for 'Injury' in Environmental Exposure Cases: How Low Can It Go?", Environmental Law Institute Seminar, 2012 - Present
• “Setting the Bar for ‘Injury’ in Environmental Exposure Cases: How Low Can It Go?”, Environmental Law Institute Seminar, 2012
• “Scientific Evidence in Environmental and Toxic Torts Litigation” , Mason Judicial Education Program Conference on Environmental Economics, Law, and Litigation, 2013
• “Scientific Evidence in Environmental and Toxic Torts Litigation” , Mason Judicial Education Program Conference on Environmental Economics, Law, and Litigation, November 18, 2013
• “Best Legal Claims and Defenses”, Harris Martin Lumber Liquidators Flooring Litigation Conference, May 27, 2015
• “How to Deal with Other Contaminants in Drinking Water” , Harris Martin Water Contamination Litigation Conference, 2018
• “Water Contamination”, Harris Martin MDL Conference: The Significance of Proposed Rule Changes in MDL Procedures & Valsartan Agenda, 2019

• Nelson v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
• Citation: 102 Cal.Rptr.3d 311
• Court: Cal.App. 3 Dist..
• Year: 2009
• In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) Products Liability Litigation
• Citation: 457 F.Supp.2d 324
• Court: S.D.N.Y.
• Year: 2006
• Citation: 438 F.Supp.2d 291
• Citation: 415 F.Supp.2d 261
• Year: 2005
• Citation: 2005 WL 39918
• Lawson v. Dallas County
• Citation: 112 F.3d 257
• Court: 5th Cir.
• Year: 2002
• Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Bailey
• Citation: 92 S.W.3d 577
• Court: Tex.App.
• Caudillo ex rel. Caudillo v. Lubbock Independent School Dist.
• Citation: 331 F.Supp.2d 550
• Court: N.D.Tex
• Year: 2004

• Texas
• New York
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

• American Association for Justice
• Public Justice
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Court