Background
Burke, John Kirkland was born on January 26, 1952 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John Kirkland and Archer (Christian) Burke.
Burke, John Kirkland was born on January 26, 1952 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John Kirkland and Archer (Christian) Burke.
University of Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, 1974. Juris Doctor, 1977). Law Clerk to Justice George M. Cochran of the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1977-1978.
Worked at Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice, Litigation, Corporate, Banking, Antitrust, Insurance, Bond, Securities, Trust, Estate, Tax, Labor, Bankruptcy and Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Virginia. Law Clerk to Justice George M. Cochran of the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1977-1978.
Human Relations Commission of the City of Richmond, 1992.
Member: Richmond (Board of Directors, 1994), Virginia and American (Member, Litigation Section. Committees on Commercial, Banking and Financial Transactions and Condemnation, Zoning and Land Use) Bar Associations.
Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership with approximately 130 lawyers at year-end 1996, is one of the three largest law firms in the State of Virginia and the third largest in the Richmond metropolitan area. The firm traces its origins to the 1920s.
The firm expanded into Northern Virginia in 1987 (see McLean, Virginia listing), opened its Norfolk office in 1989 (see Norfolk, Virginia listing) and its Virginia Beach office in January, 1996 (See Virginia Beach, Virginia listing).
Mays & Valentine is a full-service firm representing a wide diversity of corporate, institutional, governmental and individual clients.
Member City of Richmond's Human Rels. Comm., 1991-1997. Member American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, Bar Association of City of Richmond (board directors 1994-1998), Society of the Cincinnati for State of Virginia (standing committee 1992-1995), Va.State Bar, Country Club Virginia (board directors).
Married Miriam Smith, July 23,1977. Children: John K. III, Ruth H., B. Smith.