Background
Burgman, Dierdre Ann was born on March 25, 1948 in Logansport, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Ferdinand William Junior and Doreen Yvonne (Walsh) Burgman.
Burgman, Dierdre Ann was born on March 25, 1948 in Logansport, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Ferdinand William Junior and Doreen Yvonne (Walsh) Burgman.
Valparaiso University (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). Valparaiso University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1979). Yale University (Master of Laws, 1985).
Worked at Vandenberg & Associates, Professional Corporation (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice including Litigation, Employment Law, Contracts, Corporate. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Indiana and United States. District Court, Southern District of Indiana.
1982, New York, United States.
District Court, Southern District of New York and United States. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit.
1984, United States. Court of Appeals, 2nd and 7th Circuits and United States.
Supreme Court; 1992, United States. District Court, Eastern District of New York 1988, District of Columbia.
Indiana Bar Foundation Scholar, 1979. Note Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review, 1978-1979.
Legal Authorship: "Corporate Directors, Corporate Realities and Deliberative Process," Burgman and Cox, 11 J. Corporation L. 311 (1986).
"Reappraising the Role of the Shareholder in the Modern Public Corporation," Burgman and Cox, 1984 Wisconsin L. Review, 593; "Unilateral Conspiracy: Three Critical Perspectives," Burgman, 29 Depaul L. Review 75 (1979). Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Valparaiso University School of Law, 1980-1981.
Law Clerk to Honorary Paul H. Buchanan, Junior, Chief Judge, Indiana Court of Appeals, 1979-1980.
Chair, Valparaiso University School of Law Board of Visitors, 1989-1993. Deputy Inspector General, State of New York, 1992-1995.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, New York State Urban Development Corporation, 1992-1995. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member: Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1988-1991.
Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, 1991-1994.
Council, Judicial Administration, 1996). Indiana State, New York State (Member, House of Delegates, 1994) and American (Member, Committee on Trial Evidence, Litigation Section, 1984-1987) Bar Associations. The District of Columbia Bar.
New York County Lawyers" Association (Chair, Committee on the Supreme Court, 1991-1993.
Member: Executive Committee, 1992-1995. Finance and Personnel Committee, 1994.
Board of Directors, 1991). Vandenberg & Associates, Professional Corporation offers its clients high quality representation at a reasonable cost.
Its central focus is general commercial litigation for small and medium sized clients.
Litigation has included cases in state and federal courts in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida as well as arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association and the National Association of Securities Dealers. The firm also represents clients in transactions involving contracts, the sale and acquisition of businesses, and real estate.
Member board visitors Valparaiso University School Law, 1986—1995, chairman, 1989—1992, member national council, 2001—2006, member national council emeritus, since 2006. Member American Bar Association (trial evidence committee 1983-1986, professional liability committee 1986-1989, insurance coverage litigation committee 1990-1992), Association Bar City New York (committee professional responsibility 1988-1991, committee professional and judicial ethics 1991-1995, member council judicial administration 1997-1999), New York County Lawyers Association (committee Supreme Court 1987-1994, chairman 1990-1993, board directors 1991-1997, 2002-2003, executive committee board directors 1992-1995, finance and personnel committee 2003, member foundation, since 2003), New York State Bar Association (member House Delegates 1994-1998, member committee on professional standards of attorney conduct since 2002).