Manley Burke

Managing Partner:Sean Callan

Number of partners:7

Number of other fee-earners: 7

Address:225 W Court St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Phone:(513) 721-5525

Firm Overview

We commit to delivering excellent legal counsel, with careful attention to the client’s bottom line, time after time after time...

Efficient.Excellence is required of a lawyer, but so is responsibility to the client’s financial position. We work hard to design and implement cost structures that make sense for our clients in a variety of situations.We combine the standard billable hour method of billing with flat or capped fees, blended rate billing, contingent arrangements and modified contingent arrangements to find an arrangement that meet the client’s needs.

Reliable.Our clients deserve the highest level of service, and our goal is to provide that gold standard level of service reliably to every client, in every case, every time.

Excellence.At Manley Burke excellence is our bottom line, and we demand it from our most senior partners to our law student clerks, and all our staff in between.

These principles have guided the attorneys of Manley Burke since 1979 when Bob Manley and Tim Burke first opened its doors.In the nearly 40 years since then, Manley Burke has sustained its commitment to excellence and efficiency. That’s how we keep offering big law talent in a hometown firm environment.

Main Areas of Practice

• Corporate: Given Manley Burke's decades of corporate experience, you can rest easy knowing that we can handle any issue that may arise.
• Non-profit Organizations: Our attorneys represent a wide range of non-profit and tax exempt organizations including public charities, supporting organizations and private foundations
• Tax: All business and personal financial advice from Manley Burke comes with sophisticated and personalized tax counseling on federal, state and local tax.
• Real Estate: Manley Burke's real estate attorneys’ have broad expertise serving clients in areas including acquisition and disposition of real estate, zoning issues, leasing, landlord tenant issues, litigation of real estate related disputes, real estate valuation issues, and more.
• Land use and zoning: We counsel clients on a wide variety of zoning and land use issues including re-zoning, residential and business development, easements and commercial and industrial development, eminent domain, site plan approval, variances, conditional uses, historic preservation, and more.
• Constitutional Law and Civil Rights: Manley Burke have successfully defended clients’ constitutional rights in freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, housing, excessive use of force, service animal ownership, participation in the Civil Service System, and more.
• Local government: Manley Burke have advised governments on various matters including civil rights, contracts, employment, regulations, land use and zoning issues, public finance, and more.
• Litigation: Manley Burke litigators focus on business and real estate litigation, specifically including contract and commercial disputes, zoning and land use issues, real estate issues, landlord/tenant disputes, shareholder/member claims and corporate claims, and more.
• Workers Comp and Social Security Disability Law: An attorney experienced in Ohio workers’ compensation law and Social Security Disability regulations can help ensure the filing or appeals process goes smoothly.
• Employment and Labor law: Manley Burke regularly represent employers in a variety of employment law matters include employment contracts, employment discrimination, wage and hour claims and negotiation and enforcement of employment contracts.We also have a robust practice representing unions and their related entities.