Morgan J. Burke Jr.
{{Short description|American judge and attorney (1906–1967)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Morgan J. Burke Jr.
| honorific_suffix = OMRI
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|12|24}}
| birth_place = Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|12|21|1906|12|24}}
| death_place = New York City, United States
| alma_mater = St. Bonaventure University
Manhattan College
Fordham University School of Law
| occupation = {{hlist|Judge|attorney|author}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Fanny Thoms|1933|}}
| children = 2
| relatives = John Luddy Burke (brother)
| awards = Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (OMRI)
}}
Morgan Joseph Burke Jr. OMRI (December 24, 1906 – December 21, 1967) was an American judge and attorney.
Early life
Morgan Joseph Burke was born on December 24, 1906, in Waterbury, Connecticut. He had a younger brother, John Luddy Burke, a United States Navy officer and business executive.{{cite news |author= |date=18 September 1927 |title=Manhattan Sure of Weighty Line |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1927-09-18_76_25439 |work=The New York Times |via=Internet Archive |access-date=30 June 2023}}
Burke received his education in New York City. He attended St. Bonaventure University from 1924 to 1925,{{cite book |author= |date=1928 |title=Alumni directory of Saint Bonaventure's College and Seminary, 1859- |url=https://archive.org/details/alumnidirectory1859unse_1 |via=Internet Archive |publisher=St. Bonaventure, New York, Allegany Citizen |page=37}} followed by Manhattan College, where he played for the Manhattan Jaspers,{{cite news |author= |date=9 November 1926 |title=Respite for Manhattan |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1926-11-09_76_25126 |work=The New York Times |via=Internet Archive |access-date=2 July 2023}} graduating then in 1927 and proceeding to Fordham University School of Law, which he attended from 1928 to 1932.[https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=bulletins Bulletin of Information 1930-1931, Fordham Law School][https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=bulletins Bulletin of Information 1931-1932, Fordham Law School]
Career
Burke was a partner of Dorsey, Burke and Griffin, a "very respected" admiralty-law firm which practiced at 44 Wall Street, New York.{{cite book |last1=Hynes |first1=Charles J |author-link1=Charles J. Hynes |last2=Drury |first2=Bob |author-link2=Bob Drury |date=1990 |title=Incident at Howard Beach : the case for murder |url=https://archive.org/details/incidentathoward00hyne |via=Internet Archive |publisher=New York : Putnam |page=104|isbn=978-0-399-13500-2 }}
In 1951, Burke co-authored a book, Overseas Tankship Corp v. Keen U.S. Supreme Court Transcript of Record with Supporting Pleadings, which contained "the world's most comprehensive collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners."{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Morgan J. |author-link1=Morgan J. Burke Jr. |last2=Fogler |first2=Henry |year=1951 |title=Overseas Tankship Corp v. Keen U.S. Supreme Court Transcript of Record with Supporting Pleadings |publisher=Gale, U.S. Supreme Court Records |isbn=1270386018}}
On August 28, 1959, Burke was made a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in appreciation of his services to the Italian government. In particular, he was regarded as having settled the claims against the liner SS Andrea Doria as the Italian Line's chief lawyer. Andrea Doria received extensive media coverage in 1956 when she collided with the passenger liner {{MS|Stockholm|1948|2}}.[https://silo.pub/desperate-hours-the-epic-story-of-the-rescue-of-the-andrea-doria.html Desperate Hours: The Epic Story of the Rescue of the Andrea Doria]
Burke was a municipal judge in Larchmont, New York, al judge.
From 1961, Burke was a member of the American Judicature Society.{{cite journal |author= |date=June 1961 |title=New Members of the American Judicature Society |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_judicature_1961-06_45_1 |journal=Journal of the American Judicature Society |volume=45 |issue=1 |page=34 |access-date=2 July 2023}}
Personal life
Burke lived most of his adult life in Larchmont, New York. He died on December 21, 1967, in New York City from injuries incurred in a horse jumping accident.{{cite news |author= |date=December 23, 1967 |title=Morgan J. Burke Jr., 60; Partner in Law Firm Here |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/23/archives/morgan-j-burke-jr-60-partner-in-law-firm-here.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2 July 2023}}
Personal life
Burke married Fanny Thoms in 1933. The two announced their engagement in July of that year.{{cite news |author= |date=July 24, 1933 |title=MISS FANNY THOfflS ENGAGED TO WED; Waterbury Girl to Become the Bride of Morgan J. Burke of New York. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/07/24/archives/miss-fanny-thoffls-engaged-to-wed-waterbury-girl-to-become-the.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2 July 2023}} They had two daughters, Sandra and Susan.{{cite news |author= |date=August 27, 2008 |title=Fanny LeBaron Obituary |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9F06E2D7153AF934A1575BC0A96E9C8B63.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2 July 2023}}
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Category:20th-century American judges
Category:American legal writers
Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:Deaths by horse-riding accident in the United States
Category:Fordham University School of Law alumni
Category:Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Category:Lawyers from New Haven, Connecticut
Category:Lawyers from New York City
Category:Manhattan Jaspers football players
Category:People from Larchmont, New York
Category:Players of American football from Waterbury, Connecticut