Delivering Legal Excellence!

Founded in 2004, Burton Kelley LLP is a women owned California civil litigation firm known for delivering prolonged legal excellence to its clients. Burton Kelley has handled thousands of non-litigated and litigated claims for its clients from inception through trial, where necessary, and appeal. Burton Kelley lawyers have a winning record of trial, motion and appellate results.

The firms’ lawyers are litigators who are not intimated by their adversaries or larger firms. Burton Kelley lawyers are respected for their judgment, tenacious trial skills and civility. We consistently deliver excellent legal results by working in close collaboration with our clients and constantly adapting to meet the demands of the evolving practice of law. Our approach balances effective planning with agility, tenacity and responsiveness, allowing our services to remain both thorough and cost-effective. Burton Kelley understands consistent legal results can only be obtained by drawing on diverse perspectives utilizing advances in technology, and building long-lasting relationships of trust and confidence with our clients. We handle our clients’ legal matters with the same concern, attention and expertise we would handle our own.

Our practice focuses on insurance coverage, first and third-party defense, insurance regulatory compliance, risk management, professional and insurance broker malpractice along with a variety of business matters, including business entity formation. We practice throughout California and have achieved excellent legal results in all jurisdictions.

Understanding excellent results can only be achieved with a good team; we invest in the professional growth and development of our associates to build a diverse team that is best suited to meet our clients’ needs and the demands of the ever-changing legal environment.

We continually push ourselves to look ahead and never take our clients' trust for granted!

Latest News:

Burton Kelley trial team recently obtained three back to back defense verdicts for our clients between March 2022 and August 2022 in Los Angeles for landlord tenant/elder abuse, Sacramento for bad faith and punitive damages and proved fraud in connection with the claim in Modesto, defensing the claim for bad faith. Modesto jury gave Burton Kelley trial lawyers a standing ovation!


Opportunities:

Burton Kelley is hiring new and experienced attorneys to join its coverage and litigation teams.

To apply, please email your CV to our Firm Administrator, Maria Marin at mmarin@burtonkelley.com.


Billing/Invoices:

All invoices should be emailed to accounting@burtonkelley.com.

For billing inquiries please contact Krugama@burtonkelley.com.


At Burton-Kelley LLP, we don’t just talk about a diverse and inclusive firm environment; we created one! Our firm culture is inclusive and fosters personal development. Every member’s contributions are important to the success of the firm. Our firm members take ownership and pride in their role and collaborate to lift each other up and work fluidly together. We believe individual identity contributes to the strength of the whole. Differences in gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and ability bring together unique perspectives that foster a collaborative work environment and result in better outcomes for our clients.