Background
Burgoyne, Shirley Jean was born on October 25, 1932 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Marshall Albert and Beatrice Viola (Clements) Cox.
Burgoyne, Shirley Jean was born on October 25, 1932 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Marshall Albert and Beatrice Viola (Clements) Cox.
Bachelor of Arts Michigan. Juris Doctor, University Michigan, 1956.
Law clerk Oregon Supreme Court, Salem, 1956—1957. Private practice Roseburg, Oregon, 1957—1958, Lansing, Michigan, 1959—1963, Ann Arbor, since 1963. Member firm Burgoyne & Burgoyne, Roseburg, 1957—1958, Thomas C. Walsh, Lansing, 1959—1963, Burgoyne & Morris, Ann Arbor, 1968—1969, Burgoyne & Pratt, Ann Arbor, since 1977.
Legal counsel Michigan Abortion Referendum Committee, 1969—1973.
Member Michigan Women's Commission, 1971—1972. Board directors Michigan Council Study Abortion, 1971—1973. Member of American Association of University Women, American Association For Justice, American Bar Association (family law section, chair codification committee), American Judicature Society, Oregon Bar Association, Michigan Bar Association (council family law section), Kappa Beta Pi.
Married Bert Burgoyne, April 22, 1955 (divorced). Children: Deborah Jeanne, David Edward, Douglas Jeffrey.