Billy Michael Burrage (born June 9, 1950) is a Native American attorney and former United States district judge who served between 1994 and 2001.
He went into private practice at the Stamper and Burrage law firm in Antlers, Oklahoma that year, working with them until 1994.
He was nominated by President Bill Clinton on March 9, 1994, to the seat vacated by H. Dale Cook.
In 1996 Burrage became the Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Oklahoma, serving until his resignation from the court on March 1, 2001.
[10] In February 2023, Attorney General of Oklahoma Gentner Drummond fired Whitten Burrage Law Firm from representing the state in opioid litigation.
He alleged the firm had been paid $34 million dollars to represent the case by former Attorney Generals Michael J.
Hunter hired the firm in a no bid contract which Drummond had previously criticized as an "insider deal.