Edmond W. Burke

Edmond Wayne Burke (September 7, 1935 – March 31, 2020)[1] was a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court from April 4, 1975 to December 1993.[2] He also severed a term as chief justice from November 16, 1981 to September 30, 1984.[3]

Born in Ukiah, California, where his father was a judge, Burke received his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1964.[4] He was a judge of the Alaska Superior Court from 1970 until his appointment to the Alaska Supreme Court by Governor Jay Hammond in 1975.[4]

References
  1. "Edmond W. Burke". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. "Nine Men, Three Women On List for Supreme Court Seat", Daily Sitka Sentinel (October 25, 1993), p. 5.
  3. "Historical Roster of Alaska Judicial Council Members". Alaska State Legislature. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  4. "Hammond appoints Burke to Alaska Supreme Court", Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (March 13, 1975), p. 1, 3.
Political offices
Preceded by
James Martin Fitzgerald		 Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
1975–1993		 Succeeded by
Robert Ladd Eastaugh


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