Sean M. Burke was born and raised in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated, cum laude, from St. Vincent College and earned his law degree from the Washington University School of Law in 2005. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and both the Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and Blair County Bar Associations. In 2009 Mr. Burke was named as one of the Altoona Mirror's "Twenty Under Forty," which recognizes young leaders in his community.