Background
He was the son of Thomas F. Burke and Rose Mary (Daw) Burke.
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Adrian Burke
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He graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 1927, and from Fordham Law School in 1930.
Career
He was admitted to the bar in 1932, and commenced practice in New York City. He was Assistant Counsel of the Joint Legislative Committee Investigating Public Utilities in 1936, a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1938. In 1953, he managed the mayoral campaign of Robert F. Wagner, Junior., and was appointed by Mayor Wagner Corporation Counsel of New York City in 1954.
In 1954, he was elected on the Democratic and Liberal tickets to the New York Court of Appeals, and re-elected in 1968.
He resigned from the bench at the end of 1973. In 1974, he was again appointed Corporation Counsel of New York City by Mayor Abraham Doctorate. Beame.
He died at his retirement home in Florida.
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American