Jennifer P. Burkes, Esq., is a Senior Partner & Strategic Advisor, PI Litigation Department, at Wilshire Law Firm. Jennifer has over 30 years of experience handling Catastrophic Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Traumatic Brain Injury, Roadway Design/Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, and Product Liability cases. In her role as Strategic Advisor, Jennifer offers her experience and advice throughout the PI Litigation Department to ensure that every client and every case is receiving the utmost care and support.
Jennifer has extensive trial experience and has been first chair in numerous cases resulting in 7-figure verdicts. Throughout her career, Jennifer has also secured remarkable settlements for her clients. In 2025, Jennifer had the #1 highest settlement in California in residential premises liability. Other notable results include:
- $17,000,000 settlement – actuarial and auditing negligence
- $14,650,000 settlement – quadriplegia due to negligent driver
- $10,000,000 settlement – traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to negligent driver
- $9,600,000 verdict – brain injury due to medical negligence
- $6,000,000 settlement – below elbow amputation in motorcycle accident
- $6,000,000 settlement – electrocution due to contractor negligence
- $4,000,000 settlement – traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to negligence of subcontractor
- $3,000,000 verdict – death due to medical negligence
- $3,000,000 settlement – burn injuries due to managerial negligence
- $1,750,000 settlement – traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to negligent assembly of scaffold
- $1,500,000 verdict – below knee amputation due to medical negligence
- $1,500,000 verdict – temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ) due to store’s negligence
- $1,500,000 settlement – degloving injury to skateboarder struck by vehicle
- $1,100,000 settlement – cerebral palsy due to medical negligence
Jennifer holds a B.S. degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and taught high school English before obtaining her J.D. from the University of Mississippi. Following law school, she completed a prestigious federal clerkship for the Hon. E. Grady Jolly, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. When her law office in Mississippi was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, she relocated to Los Angeles and is now admitted to practice law in both California and Mississippi.
Jennifer continues to make a lasting impact in the legal field, providing exceptional representation and fighting for justice on behalf of all of Wilshire Law Firm’s personal injury clients. Outside of her law practice, she and her husband are the proud parents of one daughter, and she is passionate about SEC football and her two Exotic Longhair cats.