Partner
MikeBurke

Representation for South Georgia injury claims involving vehicles, property conditions, medical care, and nursing homes.
Attorney Profile
Mike Burke
Partner
Jody D. Peterman, LLC
Mike Burke is a partner at Jody D. Peterman, LLC whose practice serves injured individuals and families in South Georgia.
For 25 years, Mike Burke represented the other side. As a partner at Georgia’s largest insurance defense law firm, he built his career defending two major South Georgia health systems in medical malpractice matters, along with insurance companies facing automobile and premises liability claims.
That experience now works for the people who need it most. Mike represents individuals and families across South Georgia dealing with serious injuries — including medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, automobile accidents, and premises liability cases — bringing firsthand knowledge of how hospitals, health systems, and insurers build their defense from the inside.
Mike earned his undergraduate degree from Florida State University in 1993 and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1998, where he also served on the Law Journal. After law school, he worked for the Honorable John D. “Dickey” Crosby and the Honorable Gary McCorvey of the Tift Judicial Circuit before moving into insurance defense practice. He is admitted to all state and federal courts in Georgia.
Mike has lived in the Tifton Valdosta area his whole adult life, and represents clients throughout Tifton, Valdosta and the surrounding South Georgia communities. Outside the office, he and his family enjoy the outdoors and are active members of Central Wesleyan Church in Fitzgerald.
Practice Focus
- Personal Injury
- Automobile and Trucking Negligence
- Premises Liability
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Negligence
Education
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan
- J.D. - 1998
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Law Journal, Publication
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA - 1993
- B.S.
- Major: Political Science
Admissions
- Georgia, 1998
Past Positions
- Hall Booth Smith — Partner, 1999–2025
- Tifton Judicial Circuit, Superior Court — Law Clerk, 1998–1999
Languages
- English
Current Employment Position
- Partner — Jody D. Peterman, LLC
Honors
- Super Lawyers®, 2027
Litigation
- 100%
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