Judge Burman was appointed as an Immigration Judge in April 1998. Prior to his appointment at the Immigration Court in Memphis, Judge Burman served as an Immigration Judge at the Immigration Court in Los Angeles from April 1998 to February 2002. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1971, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Maryland in 1978. From 1991 to 1998, Judge Burman worked as an assistant district counsel for the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in Baltimore, Maryland. He served as assistant general counsel at INS Headquarters in Washington, DC, from 1990 to 1991. Judge Burman worked as a general attorney for INS in Baltimore, from 1988 to 1990. From 1978 to 1988, he worked as an attorney in private practice in Baltimore. Judge Burman was in the U.S. Army from 1971 to 1975, and in the Maryland National Guard from 1975 to 1993. He is a member of the Maryland Bar.