Edward Y. Gao
Edward Y. Gao
Associate — Joined Burch & Cracchiolo in 2025
Eddie is a civil litigator who joined Burch & Cracchiolo after serving a clerkship with the Honorable Jennifer M. Perkins at the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.
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, Executive Managing Editor of the Corporate and Business Law Journal, and Vice President of the law school's chapter of the Federalist Society. 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).
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Biography
Eddie is a civil litigator who joined Burch & Cracchiolo after serving a clerkship with the Honorable Jennifer M. Perkins at the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.
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, Executive Managing Editor of the Corporate and Business Law Journal, and Vice President of the law school's chapter of the Federalist Society. 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).
In a past life, Eddie earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Southern California and 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 his spare time, Eddie enjoys obsessing over labor-intensive coffee brewing methods and indulging in the hubristic endeavor of trying to keep his lawn alive in the Arizona heat (as required by his HOA).
Honors & Awards
Sandra Day O'Connor ASU School of Law:
Deans Award
Pedrick Scholar
CALI Awards in Criminal Law, Professional Responsibility,and Secured Transactions
Professional Affiliations
Federalist Society, Phoenix Lawyers Chapter
Arizona Asian American Bar Association
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
United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Presentations and Publications
An Unreasonable Expectation: Defining “Sufficient Notice” in Amending Declarations of Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions, 5 Corp. & Bus. L. J. 1 (2024).