Lee Melville Burkey

Background

Burkey, Lee Melville was born on March 21, 1914 in Beach, North Dakota, United States. Son of Levi Melville and Mina Lou (Horner) Burkey.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Illinois, 1936; Master of Arts, University Illinois, 1938; Juris Doctor with honor, John Marshall Law School, 1943.

Career

Worked at Asher, Gittler, Greenfield, Cohen & Doctorate"Alba, Limited. Admitted to the bar, 1944, Illinois. 1947, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.

1954, United States.

Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. 1983, United States. Supreme Court. Order of John Marshall.

Associate Editor, John Marshall Law Quarterly, 1942-1943.

Author: "Lie Detectors in Labor Relations," Arbitration Journal, Volume 19, Number. 4, 1964; "The Case Against the Polygraph," American Bar Association Journal, 1965.

"Privacy, Property and the Polygraph," Labor Law Journal, 1967. Attorney, Office of the Solicitor, United States.

Department of Labor, 1944-1951.

Instructor, John Marshall Law School, 1947-1949. Trustee, 1962-1968, Mayor, 1968-1973 and Village Attorney, 1973-1987. Village of Louisiana Grange.

Commissioner by appointment of Governor, 1969-1973 and President, 1971, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission.

Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award, John Marshall Law School, 1973. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American (Member of Council, Section of Labor and Employment Law, 1983-1987.

Governance Liaison Officer, 1987—) Bar Associations. Military: Illinois National Guard, 1932, Bvt.

2d Lieutenant.

Achievements

• Lee M. Burkey has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• book

  • Privacy, property and the polygraph

Membership

Trustee, Village of La Grange, Illinois, 1962-1968, mayor, 1968-1973, villageatty., 1973-1987. Commissioner, president Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Chicago, 1969-1973. Member board directors United Church Christ, Board of Homeland Ministries, 1981-1987.

Member Executive Committee Cook County Council Govts., 1968-1970. Life member La Grange Area History Society. Board directors Better Business Bureau Metropolitan Chicago, Inc., 1975-1982, Plymouth Place, Inc., 1973-1982.

Member Executive Board, vice president S.W. Suburban Center on Aging, since 1993. Brevet 2nd Lieutenant Illinois National Guard,1932. Fellow College Labor and Employment Lawyers (charter).

Member American Bar Association (county, section labor and employment law 1982-1986, governance officer 1986-1996), Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Sons of the American Revolution (state president 1977), S.R., La Grange Country Club, Masons, Order of John Marshall, Theta Delta Chi.

Connections

Married Lorraine Lillian Burghardt, June 11, 1938. 1 child, Lee Melville, III.

Father:

Levi Melville Burkey

Mother:

Mina Lou (Horner) Burkey

Spouse:

Lorraine Lillian Burghardt