Judicial career
He served as an associate judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit from 1992 to 2001 and as a Circuit Judge from 2001 to 2008. While serving on the Circuit Court,he was the Presiding Judge of the Misdemeanor/Traffic Division. In July 2008,he was assigned to the Appellate Court. [1] After the 2012 death of Judge John J. Bowman, [3] Burke was elected in the special election to fill his seat on the Illinois 2nd appellate court district, [4] being elected to permanently serve on the appellate court through the 2020 end of Browman's unexpired term. [3]
On February 10,2020,the Supreme Court of Illinois appointed Burke to fill the vacancy left by Robert R. Thomas who retired effective on February 29,2020. Burke served until December 5,2022. [2] [5] [6]
With his residence redistricted to the Illinois Supreme Court's 3rd district from the 2nd district (which was the seat he had been appointed to),Burke is running for election in 2022 to the 3rd district seat. [7]
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