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About Keiara Burke
Keiara Burke is an associate trial attorney at Zehl & Associates Injury & Accident Lawyers in Houston, Texas, where she focuses on personal injury litigation. Originally from Gulfport, Mississippi, Keiara grew up in a military family and moved frequently throughout her life. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Finance from Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, graduating summa cum laude with President's List honors throughout her undergraduate studies.
She then earned her Juris Doctor from Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, again graduating summa cum laude and earning Dean's List recognition throughout law school. While in law school, Keiara served as a member of the Thurgood Marshall Law Review and on the leadership boards of the Barbara C. Jordan Chapter of the Black Law Students Association and the Student Bar Association. She joined Zehl & Associates after spending a year clerking with the firm.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Zehl & Associates
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Zehl & Associates secured a $35 million settlement for the family of Susana Longoria, a 31-year-old nursing student and single mother killed when a Ben E. Keith 18-wheeler struck her disabled car and the people helping her on I-35W in Fort Worth.
A Dallas County jury found Oncor's driver 84 percent at fault and awarded $37.5 million to the widow and three children of trucker Shamsher Singh, killed on I-635 when a distracted Oncor service-truck driver struck his stopped 18-wheeler.
Zehl & Associates recovered $16 million for a drillship floorhand injured in the moonpool of a Gulf of Mexico rig, ranked by TopVerdicts as the largest reported Jones Act maritime settlement in Texas for 2025.
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