Brennan Burtker LLC

What Brennan Burtker LLC does

Brennan Burtker LLC is a Chicago-based healthcare and litigation law firm founded in July 2015 by Mark M. Brennan, Robert S. Burtker, Anthony J. Longo, and Cathy Garvey (originally as Brennan Garvey). The firm employs 29 people including 20+ attorneys organized as partners, senior associates, associates, senior counsel, and of counsel, and is headquartered at 20 N Clark Street, Suite 1800 in downtown Chicago. It serves Chicago's healthcare industry across seven practice areas: Medical Liability Defense, General Liability Defense, Healthcare Law, Nursing Home/Long-Term Care Defense, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, and Professional Licensing Representation.

The firm's core offering is defense representation for medical malpractice and healthcare liability claims, with a client base that includes children's hospitals, university medical centers, community hospitals, and individual physicians across specialties such as radiology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, anesthesiology, and pediatric emergency medicine. Brennan Burtker operates on a traditional professional services model, billing hourly or through alternative fee arrangements depending on matter complexity. The firm employs standard legal technology (document management, remote access, virtual conferencing) but discloses no proprietary technology platforms.

Commercially, Brennan Burtker is differentiated by an undefeated trial record since inception and recognition as a U.S. News & World Report Regional Tier 1 Best Defense Firm for Medical Malpractice in Illinois, with multiple partners named annually to Super Lawyers and Leading Lawyers lists. The firm generates revenue through direct partner-led client engagement with healthcare providers, supported by thought leadership in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, conference presentations to the Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society (of which the firm is a Platinum Sponsor), and professional recognition programs. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed, consistent with the firm's private LLC structure.

Name

Brennan Burtker LLC

Legal name

Brennan Burtker LLC

Website

https://brennanburtker.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brennan Burtker LLC is a Chicago-based healthcare and litigation law firm founded in 2015, serving hospitals, health systems, physicians, and healthcare providers with medical malpractice defense, healthcare compliance, appellate, and commercial litigation services across seven practice areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Litigation Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Medical malpractice defense
• Healthcare litigation
• Professional licensing defense
• Commercial litigation
• Appellate practice

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago, Illinois

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly Billing: Traditional law firm billing for legal services provided to healthcare clients including hospitals, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers. Services include litigation defense, appellate work, and professional licensing representation.
2. Legal Services - Alternative Fee Arrangements: The firm handles commercial cases securing judgments over $370,000, suggesting contingency or hybrid fee arrangements for certain matters. Appellate and trial services are provided under various fee structures based on matter complexity and client preferences.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Brennan Burtker LLC is a premier healthcare and litigation law firm providing defense legal services to Chicago's healthcare industry. The firm represents hospitals, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers in medical malpractice defense, healthcare compliance, professional licensing matters, appellate practice, commercial litigation, and general liability defense. Services are delivered through direct attorney-client relationships with partner-led engagement across all phases of litigation.

Product overview

Brennan Burtker LLC is a premier healthcare and litigation law firm offering legal services as a single unified practice. The firm provides defense litigation services across seven core practice areas: Medical Liability Defense, General Liability Defense, Healthcare Law, Nursing Home/Long-Term Care Defense, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, and Professional Licensing Representation. The firm serves Chicago's healthcare industry with a focus on medical malpractice defense, representing physicians, nurses, hospitals, and other healthcare providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Liability Defense Defense representation for medical malpractice cases, including cases involving negligence allegations against healthcare providers such as physicians, nurses, hospitals, and other medical professionals across multiple specialties.
• General Liability Defense Defense representation in general liability matters and premises liability cases for healthcare clients and other entities.
• Healthcare Law Legal services for healthcare industry clients including compliance, regulatory, and litigation matters, providing counsel on day-to-day operational issues facing healthcare professionals and institutions.
• Nursing Home/Long-Term Care Defense Defense representation for nursing homes and long-term care facilities facing litigation, including allegations of negligence in resident care.
• Appellate Practice Appellate litigation and briefing services for cases before state and federal appellate courts, including victories before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Commercial Litigation Litigation services for commercial disputes including breach of contract, employment disputes, and business torts. The firm secured judgments over $370,000 in commercial cases on the Cook County Law Division calendar.
• Professional Licensing Representation Representation for healthcare professionals facing licensing board investigations and disciplinary matters before professional licensing authorities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Undefeated trial record since inception in 2015 with multiple defense verdicts including cases where plaintiffs requested over $43 million and $44 million
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society (CHRMS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 November 2017Brennan Burtker LLC is a Platinum Sponsor of the Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society (CHRMS) and co-hosted the organization's 'Law Day' Conference on November 17, 2017. The firm provides educational programming on medical malpractice litigation, risk management, and healthcare law topics to CHRMS members.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• HeplerBroom LLC: Chicago-based defense litigation firm with a strong healthcare and medical malpractice defense practice. Directly comparable to Brennan Burtker in geographic focus, client base (hospitals, physicians, healthcare systems), and litigation defense orientation. Both are mid-sized regional firms competing for Illinois healthcare panel counsel work.
• Tressler LLP: Chicago-based defense firm with healthcare and medical malpractice defense practices. Direct regional competitor for Illinois-based healthcare provider clients and insurance carrier panel counsel work.
• Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered: Chicago-based trial defense firm with healthcare liability and professional negligence defense practices. Comparable mid-sized regional peer focusing on complex defense litigation for healthcare providers.
• Clausen Miller LLP: Chicago-based defense firm with medical malpractice, healthcare, and professional liability defense practices. Comparable in scale, geography, and vertical focus on healthcare provider defense litigation.
• SmithAmundsen LLC: Chicago-headquartered law firm with a substantial healthcare and medical malpractice defense practice group. Competes directly with Brennan Burtker for healthcare provider clients across Illinois and the Midwest, offering similar defense litigation services.
• Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. Chicago-based defense firm with substantial healthcare and medical malpractice defense practice. Comparable regional peer competing for healthcare provider and insurance carrier mandates in Illinois.
• Cassiday Schade LLP: Chicago-based defense litigation firm with healthcare and medical malpractice defense capabilities. Mid-sized regional competitor serving similar hospital and physician clients with overlapping trial defense work.
• Swanson Martin & Bell: Chicago-based defense firm with significant medical malpractice and healthcare liability defense practice. Comparable as a similarly-sized regional defense firm competing for the same hospital, physician, and insurance carrier clients in Illinois.

Broad incumbents

• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP: National law firm with established healthcare and medical malpractice defense practice in Illinois. Broader incumbent offering overlapping defense litigation services with national footprint and broader portfolio.
• Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP: National law firm with a significant healthcare and medical malpractice defense practice serving Illinois and broader U.S. markets. Larger incumbent offering overlapping capabilities but at broader scale and with multi-jurisdictional coverage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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