DeAnna Burke

DeAnna Burke joined Dunlap, Bennett, and Ludwig (DBL) in April 2017 as Chief Operating Officer and now serves as the Chief Executive Officer, where she leads over 70 attorneys and 40 staff members. She provides operational direction and supports strategic firm-wide growth. Ms. Burke is responsible for overseeing corporate operations and employing legal project management principles and firm-wide processes to maximize service quality while managing legal costs for clients. She has implemented scalable growth practices, negotiated, and implemented strategic mergers, and increased overall productivity.

Ms. Burke is PMI... certified Project Management Professional with extensive experience at both the program and senior leadership levels.  Prior to joining DBL, she led high-impact projects in the aviation industry from concept design through operational deployment for the FAA and international government entities in South Africa, Columbia, Curaçao, Singapore, and Australia.

Ms. Burke launched the firm’s volunteer and social commitment group, DBL Cares, in 2017. The group’s mission is to create and support programs that will positively impact the less fortunate and most vulnerable members of the community.  In 2018, Ms. Burke created the DBL Women’s Network.  Ms. Burke continues to co-lead the committee with CMO, Aimee McKinney, to help women achieve their individual goals through training and advocating for women to achieve leadership positions both internally and externally.