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Stephen E. Burgio

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Stephen E. Burgio (December 23, 1912 – November 28, 2001) from Queens, New York was a former New York Supreme Court Justice, criminal defense attorney, and assistant to Chief Prosecutor Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson during the Nuremberg Trials. Judge Burgio was also a United States Army Captain in World War II.

Judge Burgio was also president of the Bayside Republican Club in New York while a member of the bench. He retired and moved to California, where he died at the age of 89. He is buried at the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, CA.