About Marcella Burke
Marcella Burke of Houston is the founder and managing partner of Burke Law Group PLLC, a full-service environmental, litigation, and corporate boutique law firm. She previously managed nation-wide legal teams for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of the Interior in senior executive service, clerked on the Texas Supreme Court for Don Willett, and externed for four state and federal appellate judges. She serves in leadership roles with the State Bar of Texas Environmental Division, Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, and the Institute for Energy Law. She is a member of the University of St. Thomas in Houston Board of Trustees. Burke received a Bachelor of Arts from Texas A&M University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center, as well as two fellowships in Constitutional Law from the Claremont Institute and the James Wilson Institute. She has served as a gubernatorial appointee on the School Land Board since March 2023.