Edward Y. Gao

Edward Y. Gao
Associate — Joined Burch & Cracchiolo in 2025
Eddie focuses his practice on civil litigation. He joined Burch & Cracchiolo after a clerkship with the Honorable Jennifer M. Perkins at the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.
Eddie earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Southern California. He then spent six years working as a project manager for a health and safety receiver in California.
While working full-time in that role, he completed an MBA with an emphasis in finance at Loyola Marymount University.
In May 2024, Eddie earned his J.D., cum laude, from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where he was a Dean’s Award recipient, Pedrick Scholar,
and Executive Managing Editor of the Corporate and Business Law Journal. While in law school, he published An Unreasonable Expectation: Defining “Sufficient Notice” in Amending
Declarations of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions, 5 Corp. & Bus. L. J. 1 (2024).
Assistant
Honors & Awards
Sandra Day O'Connor ASU School of Law, Deans Award
Sandra Day O'Connor ASU School of Law, Pedrick Scholar
Education
J.D., Sandra Day O'Connor ASU School of Law, 2024
M.B.A., finance, Loyola Marymount University, 2019
B.A. political science, University of Southern California, 2014
Admitted In
Arizona
Presentations and Publications
An Unreasonable Expectation: Defining “Sufficient Notice” in Amending
Declarations of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions, 5 Corp. & Bus. L. J. 1 (2024).