Attorney D. Shawn Burkley is ready to help you with virtually any legal challenge affecting your livelihood, your business, your freedom and your future. Whether incarcerated or facing off against the government to protect your fundamental rights, just trying to navigate the legal system can be an intimidating and confusing experience. Let us guide you through the process. Our focus is your freedom, your due process rights, and fairness for you.

Our Principal Attorney, Louis R. Burko, was born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island, where he currently resides. He is the second generation of the Burko family of lawyers to work at the firm. Mr. Burko began his legal career as a law clerk at Severance, Burko, Spalter, Masone & Laurette PC in 1992 before spending time working as a Licensed Workers’ Compensation Representative. After receiving his Juris Doctorate degree from the Brooklyn School of Law in 1999, Louis began practicing law. He became the firms principal in 2005 and currently is head of our Social Security Disability practice. Mr. Burko has years of experience handling claims with the Social Security Administration and can help you with your initial application and appeals, if necessary.

Talia is an expert in immigration law, having worked in the field of immigration since 2010. She has experience in all fields of immigration law, including transactional employment-based immigration, nonimmigrant visas, labor certifications and removal defense. Her primary passion involves keeping families united, which is why she specializes in family-based immigration matters, DACA and U-Visas. Talia believes that preparation is critical to providing exemplary advocacy for each client. She is meticulous in her presentation of cases, whether in trial before Immigration Judges, or in the process of obtaining permanent residency and citizenship before the US Citizenship and Immigration Service.

Philip S. Burnham, II was born in Englewood, Colorado. He graduated from Arcadia University with a Bachelor of Science in computer science with a minor in business in 1986. In 1990, he graduated from Widener University School of Law with his Juris Doctor. Mr. Burnham started his legal career as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Rushton H. Ridgway J.S.C. in the Superior Court of New Jersey. In 1994, he founded the Burnham Law Group, LLC,. He has experience in preparing and trying numerous cases in federal and state courts in both civil and criminal courts. His clients include individuals, businesses, and corporations. In addition to managing a successful law firm, Mr. Burnham currently serves as an MESP panelist in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties. He has been selected in 2007, 2010, 2012-2018 Awesome Family Law Attorney by South Jersey Magazine, Nations Top One Percent from 2016-2018, and 2018 Distinguished Men by SJ Magazine.