Chuck Burkhart

Practice Areas

Construction, Litigation, Product Liability & Casualty Litigation

Career

For over twenty years, Chuck Burkhart has focused his practice on construction litigation, and the defense and trial of catastrophic product liability and electrical injury and death claims.

He has developed a national construction practice in which he represents owners, architects, general contractors, and subcontractors on claims ranging from mechanics liens, the drafting and negotiation of high-value construction contracts, to the litigation and trial of complex construction disputes - most recently defending claims against a major electrical utility on arguably the largest construction project ongoing in the United States.

Chuck chairs the firm's Product Liability and Casualty Practice, which includes the defense of over-the-road trucking accidents, industrial equipment manufacturers, and adulterated food claims for national food manufacturers and retailers.

In addition to first-chairing the defense of approximately 300 underground mining claims and several related jury trials, Chuck has developed two decades of expertise in the defense and trial of electrical contact and electrocution cases.

Professional Memberships

- Alabama State Bar

- Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel

- Birmingham Bar Association

- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association Trial Academy, Instructor, 2007

- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association Trial Academy, Instructor, 2004

- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association

Education