Robert J. Burke is a personal injury attorney at The Dixon Injury Firm in St. Louis, where he represents victims of truck and commercial vehicle collisions, car, motorcycle, and rideshare crashes, dog bite injuries, slip and fall incidents, and workplace injuries throughout Missouri, along with families pursuing wrongful death claims. Licensed since 2024 and named to the Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list in 2026, Rob handles each case personally — from the first phone call through settlement or verdict.
As an attorney for individuals and families who are injured when they least expect it, I know that every client who hires me places their trust in me to walk with them down an unfamiliar path. I’m privileged to be trusted with the weight of that responsibility.
I strive for the legacy of my career to be defined by how I stood by injured individuals during some of the most stressful chapters of their lives. In every case, I hold to the same standards: communication rooted in direct, blunt honesty; fierce and unwavering advocacy; and absolute transparency. This work is deeply personal. The people I represent were forced into terrible situations against their will — and they’re usually up against a faceless insurance company that sees only a number on a spreadsheet, and that actively works to minimize the pain and disruption the tragedy caused.
When injuries occur, physical pain is almost always compounded by sudden financial uncertainty. Drawing on my background in finance, I look beneath the surface of a claim to deconstruct complex economic losses, future liabilities, and long-term damages — and translate those numbers into arguments that force insurance companies to pay what my clients truly deserve.
My role is to step directly into the fray and manage the complex implications of an injury so my clients don’t have to. By absorbing that burden, I let them and their families focus entirely on care and recovery.
At the end of the day, my clients are never a file name or a number. They are people — people who almost always have someone else depending on them, and who want nothing more than to move past the tragedy they’ve faced. I measure success by a single metric: that every client finishes their case knowing they were heard, respected, and fiercely advocated for, from day one until they’re back on their feet.
— Rob Burke
Rob’s cases carry the full resources of The Dixon Injury Firm, which has recovered more than $60 million for injury victims and their families. Clients get a direct relationship with their attorney and the backing of a firm equipped to take on national carriers and the defense counsel they hire.
Rob earned his B.S.B.A. in Finance & Banking from the University of Missouri–Columbia in 2019, graduating cum laude, before earning his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2024. He joined The Dixon Injury Firm the same year and has practiced injury law exclusively since — no defense work, no other practice areas, no divided attention.
That finance training is not incidental to how he works. Serious injury claims are, at bottom, arguments about money over time: what a person would have earned, what future care will cost, what a permanent limitation is worth across decades. Insurance adjusters build those models professionally, and most plaintiff’s lawyers meet them only with narrative. Rob meets them with their own tools — deconstructing the economics of a claim line by line, then translating the result into terms a jury understands.
Rob also handles medical malpractice, product liability, and class action matters at the firm. See all practice areas →
Rob practices from the firm’s Olive Boulevard office and represents clients throughout Missouri, from St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis to communities across the state.
A lifelong St. Louisan, Rob takes real pride in representing his neighbors across the metro. Away from the office, he’s working on his golf game at The Bluffs or watching the Blues. He shares his line of work with his wife, who is also a St. Louis catastrophic injury attorney — which makes for unusually well-informed dinner conversation — and he is a devoted cat dad to Hammy, Beni, and Boots. He will also tell anyone who asks that Sidney Street Café is the best restaurant in St. Louis, and considers the matter settled.
What kinds of cases does Rob Burke handle? Rob represents injury victims in truck and tractor-trailer accidents, car accidents, motorcycle accidents, rideshare (Uber and Lyft) accidents, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, dog bite injuries, slip and fall and premises liability cases, and workers’ compensation claims, and he represents families in wrongful death cases. He also handles medical malpractice, product liability, and class action matters.
Where is Rob Burke licensed to practice? Rob is licensed in Missouri, admitted to the bar in 2024, and represents clients throughout the state.
Will I work with Rob directly? Yes. Rob handles his cases personally, from the initial consultation through settlement or trial — clients work with their attorney, not solely with a paralegal or case manager.
What does it cost to hire Rob? The Dixon Injury Firm handles injury cases on a contingency fee basis. Consultations are free, and clients pay no attorney’s fee unless the firm wins their case.
Schedule a free consultation with Rob to discuss your case and what recovery could look like. Consultations are free, available 24/7, and you pay nothing unless we win.
Rob was named to the Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list in 2026, his second year in practice. The selection is made through peer nomination and independent evaluation, and no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state are named to it.
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