Firm News

CHICAGO – For the second consecutive year, Illinois State Senator Don Harmon, a partner at Burke Burns & Pinelli, Ltd., has been named winner of the Capitol Fax Blog’s annual “Golden Horseshoe” award for Best Illinois Stat… Read More

CHICAGO _ As an administrative assistant at Burke Burns & Pinelli, Ltd, Tim Wagner helps keep things running smoothly for the firm on a daily basis. But on Sunday, Oct. 10, Wagner displayed a different sort of running prowess by successfully comp… Read More

CHICAGO _ Mary Patricia Burns, president of Burke Burns & Pinelli, Ltd., will be among the guest speakers at the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association’s 2010 Pension Trustee Forum on Wednesday, August 18 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Ch… Read More

CHICAGO – When Paula Johnson was driving home alone on Mannheim Road in Hillside in May of 2004, she had no reason to believe that she was about to uncover a decades-long illegal policy used by a local park district to supplement its revenue wi… Read More

In an article for the March 2010 edition of The NAPPA Report, BBP president Mary Patricia Burns tackles the thorny issue of how much fiduciary liability insurance coverage is appropriate for a public pension fund. The answer, Burns writes, depends on… Read More

FOIA Officer, shorter response time among key changes For Illinois towns and villages, January 1, 2010 marks more than the start of a new year (or decade, depending on how you view it). It also marks the start of a new era for the Freedom of Informat… Read More

CHICAGO – Illinois State Senator Don Harmon, a partner at Burke Burns & Pinelli, Ltd., has been named 2009 Legislator of the Year by the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association. Harmon received the honor for what the IPPFA called his ̶… Read More

CHICAGO – It is not often a jury sides entirely with a condemnor in an eminent domain valuation case. Typically in cases where they don’t believe that either side is overreaching, juries favor the Solomon-like approach of “splitting… Read More