Jeff Ashton names Linda Drane Burdick to No. 2 spot - WFTV

by mom_in_il Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:05 pm

Jeff Ashton names Linda Drane Burdick to No. 2 spot

Posted: 2:25 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, 20122/12

ORLANDO, Fla. — Newly elected State Attorney for Orange and Osceola Counties Jeff Ashton announced his pick for chief assistant state attorney Tuesday.

In a news release, Ashton said that he has asked Linda Drane Burdick to take the position.

Burdick is well-known to the central Florida community. She served as lead prosecutor in the murder trial of Casey Anthony.

Then-assistant state attorney Ashton was part of her prosecution team.

Ashton defeated long-time state attorney Lawson Lamar in the August primary.

He will take office on Jan. 8, 2013.

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