Adrian Paul Burke (October 2, 1904 in

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– September 3, 2000 in

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) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the son of Thomas F. Burke and Rose Mary (Daw) Burke. He graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 1927, and from

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in 1930. He was admitted to the bar in 1932, and commenced practice in New York City. In 1935, he married Edith Martin, and they had three children. He was Assistant Counsel of the Joint Legislative Committee Investigating Public Utilities in 1936, a delegate to the

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of 1938. He was the founder, and from 1941 to 1953 President, of the Youth Counsel Bureau in the District Attorney's Offices. In

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, he managed the mayoral campaign of Robert F. Wagner, Jr., and was appointed by Mayor Wagner to be Corporation Counsel of New York City in 1954. In 1954, he was elected on the Democratic and

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tickets to the New York Court of Appeals, and re-elected in

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. 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 D. Beame. He died at his retirement home in

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. He wrote his memoirs, published by his son as ''Everything I Needed: Living and Working in New York'' (Golden String Press, New York, 2004).

Sources

''The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1932-2003''
by Bernard S. Meyer, Burton C. Agata & Seth H. Agata (page 24)

Court of Appeals judges
''A.P. Burke, 95, Appeals Court Judge, Dies''
in NYT on September 9, 2000 {{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Adrian Paul Judges of the New York Court of Appeals 1904 births 2000 deaths Fordham University alumni Politicians from New York City College of the Holy Cross alumni 20th-century American judges Lawyers from New York City 20th-century American lawyers