Elam & Burke

What Elam & Burke does

Elam & Burke is a privately held law firm headquartered in Boise, Idaho, founded in 1928. The firm operates with a headcount of 11 to 50 employees, placing it in the small-firm segment of the U.S. legal services market. Its stated practice areas are employment law, insurance defense, and commercial litigation, serving a mix of individual and corporate clients in the Boise metropolitan area and the broader Idaho market.

The firm's business model follows the standard professional-services structure for U.S. law firms: revenue is generated through hourly or flat-fee billing on litigation and advisory matters, with insurance defense work typically sourced through carrier referrals and panel counsel arrangements. The three stated practice areas — employment, insurance defense, and commercial litigation — indicate a defendant-side orientation with both recurring (insurance panel) and episodic (commercial litigation) revenue streams. The firm has operated continuously for approximately 96 years, suggesting an established client base and durable local market position, though the firm's own website (elamburke.com) was inaccessible at the time of data collection and rendered only a verification/loader page, limiting primary-source visibility.

No technology stack, proprietary platforms, data assets, leadership roster, or partnership disclosures are available in the input data. The firm should be understood as a small, long-tenured regional practice with no documented digital product surface, no disclosed ownership structure beyond being private, and no recent strategic moves on record in the supplied material.

Name

Elam & Burke

Website

https://elamburke.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1928

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elam & Burke is a privately held Boise, Idaho law firm founded in 1928 that provides employment, insurance defense, and commercial litigation services to individual and corporate clients with a team of 11-50 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Management Liability (D&O/EPL/Fiduciary) (FSAJAGAD), Professional Liability (E&O) (FSAJAGAC), Litigation & Dispute Valuation (damages, shareholder disputes) (FSAEAHAI)

Keywords

• Legal advisory services
• Commercial litigation
• Insurance defense
• Employment law
• Litigation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Boise

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Elam & Burke is a law firm that provides legal representation and advisory services in three practice areas: employment law, insurance defense, and commercial litigation. The firm serves businesses and organizations needing legal counsel and courtroom representation across these specialized areas from its Boise, Idaho base.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Law Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Jackson Lewis: Major national employment-law-focused firm with a strong traditional labor and employer defense practice, competing head-to-head for Idaho and regional employment work.
• Stoel Rives: Larger Pacific Northwest firm with a Boise office and broad corporate, employment, and litigation practices. Overlaps with Elam & Burke's core areas while competing from a much larger bench.
• Wilson Elser: National litigation firm with a strong insurance defense practice, competing for the same carrier panel work that anchors a significant portion of Elam & Burke's revenue.
• Marshall Dennehey: Insurance defense-focused firm with regional offices across the U.S. Competes directly for carrier panel assignments in the insurance defense practice area.
• Littler Mendelson: Global employment and labor law firm representing employers. A direct competitor for the same employment-law matters Elam & Burke serves, with greater resources and geographic reach.
• Ogletree Deakins: Largest U.S. employment-law-only firm with national footprint and significant insurance defense crossover. Competes with Elam & Burke for employment and insurance defense matters, particularly from regional employers and carriers.

Direct peers

• Parsons Behle & Latimer: Intermountain West regional firm headquartered in Salt Lake City with Idaho presence, offering employment, commercial litigation, and insurance-related practices directly competitive with Elam & Burke.
• Holland & Hart: Multi-office Rocky Mountain / Pacific Northwest law firm with established Boise presence, offering employment, litigation, and insurance-related practices that directly overlap with Elam & Burke's service mix.
• Hawley Troxell: Boise, Idaho-headquartered law firm of comparable regional scale with practices spanning business, employment, litigation, and insurance-related work — a direct competitor for the same Idaho-based corporate and insurance carrier clients.

Regional players

• Dempsey, Roberts & Smith: Smaller Boise-based Idaho law firm with civil litigation and insurance defense practices, representing the closest headcount and geographic peer to Elam & Burke in the local market.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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