THOMAS W. BURKART
Co-Owner & Supervising Attorney
Mr. Burkart completed his undergraduate work at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio (B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Distinguished Military Graduate). He earned his juris doctorate at St. Louis University School of Law in 1985 and was admitted to the Illinois bar in the same year. He is a member of the Missouri, North Carolina and Georgia Bars and the Federal District Court of Southern Illinois. He is also admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
Mr. Burkart is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Savannah Bar Association. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserves, Signal Corp, 1982-1995, and was honorably discharged. He was a special public defender for Madison County, 1987-1991. He served as the Hamel Township attorney from 1986 to 1997, and was the village attorney for Hamel, Illinois from 1987 until 2011. In 2023, he moved to Savannah Georgia and was admitted to the Georgia bar.
Co-Owner & Supervising Attorney
Mr. Burkart completed his undergraduate work at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio (B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Distinguished Military Graduate). He earned his juris doctorate at St. Louis University School of Law in 1985 and was admitted to the Illinois bar in the same year. He is a member of the Missouri, North Carolina and Georgia Bars and the Federal District Court of Southern Illinois. He is also admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
Mr. Burkart is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Savannah Bar Association. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserves, Signal Corp, 1982-1995, and was honorably discharged. He was a special public defender for Madison County, 1987-1991. He served as the Hamel Township attorney from 1986 to 1997, and was the village attorney for Hamel, Illinois from 1987 until 2011. In 2023, he moved to Savannah Georgia and was admitted to the Georgia bar.
KAREN D. BURKART
Co-Owner & Second Supervising Attorney
Mrs. Burkart is admitted to the Illinois, Missouri and Georgia Bars, and the Federal District Court of Southern Illinois. She completed her undergraduate degree at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (B.A. Magna Cum Laude). She earned her juris doctorate degree at St. Louis University.
Mrs. Burkart is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Savannah Bar Association. She was a special public defender for Madison County, 1986-1988, She worked as the senior law clerk for Justice Charles Chapman of the Illinois 5th District Appellate Court, 1988-2001. She is the author of “What Color is Your Clerkship” and the co-author of “Sealed Out-of Court Settlements: What’s a Judge to Do?” In 2023 she joined her husband to practice law in Georgia.
Co-Owner & Second Supervising Attorney
Mrs. Burkart is admitted to the Illinois, Missouri and Georgia Bars, and the Federal District Court of Southern Illinois. She completed her undergraduate degree at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (B.A. Magna Cum Laude). She earned her juris doctorate degree at St. Louis University.
Mrs. Burkart is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Savannah Bar Association. She was a special public defender for Madison County, 1986-1988, She worked as the senior law clerk for Justice Charles Chapman of the Illinois 5th District Appellate Court, 1988-2001. She is the author of “What Color is Your Clerkship” and the co-author of “Sealed Out-of Court Settlements: What’s a Judge to Do?” In 2023 she joined her husband to practice law in Georgia.