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Manley Burke

United States 2025

Overview

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We commit to delivering excellent legal counsel, with careful attention to the client’s bottom line, time after time after time.

Efficient. Excellence is required of a lawyer, but so is responsibility to the client’s financial position. We work hard to design and implement cost structures that make sense for our clients in a variety of situations. We combine the standard billable hour method of billing with flat or capped fees, blended rate billing, contingent arrangements and modified contingent arrangements to find an arrangement that meet the client’s needs.

Reliable. Our clients deserve the highest level of service, and our goal is to provide that gold standard level of service reliably to every client, in every case, every time.

Excellence. At Manley Burke excellence is our bottom line, and we demand it from our most senior partners to our law student clerks, and all our staff in between. These principles have guided the attorneys of Manley Burke since 1979 when Bob Manley and Tim Burke first opened its doors. In the nearly 40 years since then, Manley Burke has sustained its commitment to excellence and efficiency. That’s how we keep offering big law talent in a hometown firm environment.

Rankings

Manley Burke is nationally ranked in 1 practice areas and metro ranked in 8 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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National Rankings

Tier 3
Tier 3 for Land Use and Zoning Law

Metro Rankings

Cincinnati
Tier 1 for Government Relations Practice
Tier 1 for Land Use and Zoning Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Tier 1 for Litigation - Municipal
Tier 2 for Nonprofit / Charities Law

Rankings

National Rankings

Tier 3
Tier 3 for Land Use and Zoning Law

Regional Rankings

Cincinnati
Tier 1 for Government Relations Practice
Tier 1 for Land Use and Zoning Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Tier 1 for Litigation - Municipal
Tier 2 for Nonprofit / Charities Law
Tier 2 for Tax Law
Tier 3 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 3 for Real Estate Law

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
  • Government Relations Practice
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation - Municipal
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®

Manley Burke has 4 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Manley Burke eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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