Timothy M. Burgess | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska | |
Assumed office December 31, 2021 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska | |
In office December 31,2015 –December 31,2021 | |
Preceded by | Ralph Beistline |
Succeeded by | Sharon L. Gleason |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska | |
In office January 23,2006 –December 31,2021 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | James Keith Singleton Jr. |
Succeeded by | vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | San Francisco,California,U.S. | August 11,1956
Political party | Independent |
Education | Cañada College (AA) University of Alaska Fairbanks (BA,MBA) Northeastern University (JD) |
Timothy Mark Burgess (born August 11,1956) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. [1] He served as the District of Alaska's U.S. Attorney from 2001 to 2005.
Burgess was born in San Francisco,California. [1] He received an Associate of Arts degree from Cañada College in 1976. [1] He then attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks on a basketball scholarship,earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 and a Master of Business Administration degree in 1982. [2] He received his Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in 1987. [1] He went into private practice in Anchorage,Alaska,with the law firm then known as Gilmore &Feldman from 1987 to 1989. [3] Burgess served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Alaska from 1989 to 2001 and then as the United States Attorney until 2005. [1]
He was nominated by George W. Bush on July 28,2005,to the seat on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska vacated by James Keith Singleton Jr. [1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21,2005,and received commission on January 23,2006. He served as Chief Judge from December 31,2015 to December 31,2021,the same date he assumed senior status. [1]
Burgess and his wife,Joanne Grace,reside in Anchorage and have four children. [4] [5]
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