Awards and Memberships

  • Board and Executive Committee Member of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri.
  • Serves on the Board of Governors Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.
  • Is a member of the Missouri Supreme Court Intervention Committee under Rule 16.
  • Has been chosen by peers as a Superlawyer for over 10 years, member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and other professional recognitions.
  • Is an AV-rated lawyer by LexisNexis and Martindale-Hubbell, “The preeminent Rating … indicating the highest level of legal ability and ethics. The pinnacle of professional excellence.”
  • Is Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy and Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
  • Is admitted to practice in Missouri and Illinois, and in The Missouri Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th and 8th Circuits and various Federal District Courts.
  • Is a member of Missouri Lawyers Regional Disciplinary Committee.
  • Is a member of Illinois and Missouri Bar Associations, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers and the American Association for Justice.
  • Avvo Clients’ Choice Award. View Gary’s profile on Avvo here.
  • Winner of 2018 second highest Jury Verdict in Missouri of $113.7 million.

Justia Lawyer Rating 10.0 peer rating for Gary K. Burger Jr

Bio

Gary Burger devotes his practice to helping injury victims and their families, providing financial recovery and protecting the future of those injured while also making our community safer through his consistent advocacy and volunteer work.

Gary K. Burger Jr. is the founder and managing partner of Burger Law, LLC, a medium-sized firm dedicated to the zealous representation of injury victims and their families in Missouri, Illlinois, and throughout the US. Burger Law has offices in St. Louis, MO, Chicago, IL, Chesterfield, MO and Belleville, IL. Gary is admitted to practice in a number of jurisdictions, including Missouri and Illinois state courts and federal district courts.

With over 30 years of experience, Gary Burger has tried and won many complex civil litigation cases in many areas. His experience spans a wide range of personal injury cases, including motor vehicle crashes (car, motorcycle, truck, pedestrian, bicycle, ATV and more), wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability, workers’ compensation, and other complex civil litigation. His litigation and jury trial wins have been featured in the news media and he has hundreds of positive testimonials and reviews from happy clients. So far, he has helped clients obtain over $200 million in trial verdicts or settlements during his career.

More About Gary

In addition to tenaciously pursuing and protecting the rights of his clients and securing for them the compensation they deserve, Gary is an active member of the legal community in Missouri. He is committed to constantly honing his litigation and trial skills, sharing his knowledge with the next generation of St. Louis’ personal injury lawyers, educating the injured and the future injured of their rights, and helping to better the community at large through legal advocacy and volunteer work.

Gary loves being a husband and father to four wonderful kids. Gary spends his nonlaw time with his family and other hobbies. These include being an avid beekeeper (with great honey), scuba diver (certified as an assistant instructor, full cave, tech diver), foster dad to many rehomed dogs, and outdoor enthusiast. Gary works part-time leading scuba dives at Bonne Terre Mine. He has even been featured as a diving instructor in Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly as well as on the TODAY show in which he led NBC’s Kevin Tibble on a dive tour of Bonne Terre’s underground lake.

Gary grew up in the area and graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a double major in economics and political science. He then attended Washington University School of Law and graduated in 1992.

Gary’s Professional Profiles

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VIDEOS

Gary has well over 400 YouTube videos on all matters concerning injury law and his practice. Other members of the firm, guests and clients of the firm are included. Many of them are even interesting and educational. Here’s a link to Burger Law’s YouTube channel.

Podcast

Gary is the creator and co-founder of the Lawyer v. Lawyer podcast. He and co-host Debbie Champion record and produce this podcast to discuss all things litigation (and life) related. Having a plaintiff’s lawyer (Gary) and a defense lawyer (Debbie) is unique and brings different views to legal issues affecting many litigators. The podcast can be found at:

Favorite Quotes

Burger law has about 500 five-star Google reviews which can be seen here. If you wish, please leave us a 5 star review – thanks!

Burger law has over 200 clients who have kindly done videos with Gary or other members of the firm about their experiences. Click here for our page of client testimonials.

In the News

Gary’s work for his clients and has been in the news. Here are links to some of the tv news stories and newspaper articles:

Here are Missouri Lawyers weekly articles about some of the successes of Gary’s clients:

Client Successes

Check out Gary Burger and Burger Law’s client successes that have been published in the media or on our website. As of 2023, Gary and his team have more than 600 5-star Google reviews and 210+ video testimonials!

Teaching Other Lawyers

Gary presents continuing legal education classes multiple times a year to share his knowledge, and the knowledge of other great lawyers asked to present. If you want to attend these, please email gary@mccreadylaw.com to be included on the next one. For the videos, audio and presentation materials for past CLEs, visit our Lawyer to Lawyer page.

Gary’s Recent Case Results

Gary is revered as a talented and accomplished lawyer by his peers in the state of Missouri. His outstanding case results have been frequently featured in Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly. Gary and his team have earned over 400 5-star google reviews of his firm.

FEATURED IN THE MEDIA

Gary Burger In The News

View some of the news articles Gary Burger is featured in across the internet. The links below go to external sites not controlled by Burger Law.

MAY 27, 2022 St. Louis Post Dispatch

Mother of Pamela Hupp’s murder victim sues her for wrongful death

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