Cleve Burke focuses his practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He represents creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees, debtors, and other interested parties in bankruptcy proceedings and adversary proceedings. He also represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of civil lawsuits, most commonly in disputes related to contracts, real estate, business torts, and debt collection. His experience includes all stages of trial and appellate litigation in both federal and state courts.

Before joining Waller, Cleve was an associate with Taube Summers Harrison Taylor Meinzer Brown, LLP, a preeminent bankruptcy and civil litigation boutique firm in Austin, Tex.

Bar Admissions
Texas

Education
J.D., with high honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 2008
B.A., magna cum laude, Duke University, 2001

Professional Associations
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Member, Lloyd Lochridge American Inn of Court, 2013–Present
Member, State Bar of Texas, Litigation and Bankruptcy Sections
Member, Austin Bar Association, Civil Litigation and Bankruptcy Sections
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit


Professional Activities and Experience
Associate, Taube Summers Harrison Taylor Meinzer Brown, LLP, Austin, Tex.
Associate, Thompson & Knight, LLP, Austin, Tex.
Law Clerk, the Honorable Will Garwood, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit