Burns Bair is recognized once again as one of the top firms for Insurance Law in Wisconsin by Best Law Firms, building on the firm’s nationwide reputation in litigating high profile claims against insurance companies.

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The firm’s Tim Burns has been honored on the list of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America for his work in Insurance Recovery Litigation.

The prestigious legal guide honors the attorneys most trusted by corporations, referring legal counsel and other entities to handle their most important matters across a wide range of industries and practice areas. The publication’s editors note that the honorees were selected through a record number of submissions, as well as original journalistic research and vetting with the nation’s leading trial lawyers.

Mr. Burns has extensive experience in high-stakes litigation, making the firm a go-to source for navigating complex disputes in the insurance industry. The firm is currently focused on multiple matters representing survivors of sexual abuse in bankruptcy litigation involving Roman Catholic dioceses across the nation.

The complete list of Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America can be found here.

The firm’s named partners, Tim Burns and Jesse Bair, are included on the 2025 list of the Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest and most-respected guides to the legal industry.    

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Burns Bair is pleased to share that name partners Timothy W. Burns and Jesse Bair have been named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers for their Bankruptcy Litigation practice. Read more

Burns Bair is delighted to announce that its partners have earned recognition nationwide among the premier legal professionals in Lawdragon’s 2024 edition of the 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers. Read more

On February 2, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ordered the Wisconsin Election Commission to place Congressman Dean Phillips’ name on the primary ballot in response to a lawsuit on his behalf brought by lawyers at Burns Bair LLP and Foster Garvey.  Phillips had sued the commission over his exclusion from the ballot, which he said was done without considering whether he met requirements for national news media recognition necessary to be put on the ballot under Wisconsin statutes. Read more

Burns Bair is proud to announce that the firm has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms, ranked by Best Lawyers, as one of the top firms for Insurance Law in Wisconsin. Read more

ST. PAUL, MN — A Minnesota federal court has turned aside efforts by TIG Insurance Company to deny coverage to three sexual abuse survivors who had obtained stipulated judgments against the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate religious order for negligent retention of one of the Catholic Church’s worst sexual predators. This case will now go to a jury trial with a strong signal that insurance funds may be available to compensate victims of sexual abuse even in states that the insurance industry thinks of as having tough standards for showing that sexual abuse incidents are “accidents” covered by general liability insurance policies. Read more

In arguments before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn in New York, Burns Bair secured a significant discovery request on behalf of the committee of unsecured creditors of the bankrupt Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre. The court’s order will allow the committee to gather more information about the financial solvency of a diocesan insurer to indemnify clerical abuse claimants. The insurer, Arrowood Indemnity Co., provided liability insurance with no aggregate limit for several of the years that are relevant to the abuse claims.

Read more about the ruling in Law360 (password-protected) here.

Burns Bair has filed a lawsuit following threats from Republican lawmakers to impeach Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, saying that impeachment would be a violation of her constitutional right to free speech. Read more