Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, major in finance; WV University, Morgantown, WV, 1971.

Graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1979.

Juris Doctor from Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, VA, May 2005.

Publications authored by John W. Burdiss in the past ten years:

Embezzled Funds: Who loses, the victimized entity or the bank?
John W. Burdiss, CLBB, CFE, CPA and Dr. Douglas E. Ziegenfuss, PhD., CPA, CFE, The White Paper (September/October 2000), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Austin TX.

Thieves, Thugs and Things That Go Bump at the Bank, Fraud Examiners Analyzing Banks' Liability
John W. Burdiss, CLBB, CFE, CPA, The White Paper (November/December 2000), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Austin, TX.