Timothy Mark Burgess

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.[1] He became Chief Judge on December 31, 2015.

Burgess and his wife Joanne Grace reside in Anchorage and have four children.[4][5]

• Timothy Mark Burgess at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.