Anne M. Burke
Anne Marie McGlone Burke, SMOM (born February 3, 1944) is an Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the First Judicial District (Cook County, Illinois) and, along with other notables including Eunice Kennedy, is a founder of the Special Olympics. Judge Burke was first appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1995 and then was elected to the Appellate Court in 1996.
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