Background
Burns, Ben Anderson was born on April 27, 1961 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Cannon Junior and Mildred (Anderson) Burns.
Burns, Ben Anderson was born on April 27, 1961 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States. Son of James Cannon Junior and Mildred (Anderson) Burns.
University of Tennessee (Bachelor of Science, with high honors, 1983. Juris Doctor, 1986). Phi Alpha Delta. Assistant Editor, University of Tennessee Law Review, 1985-1986.
Member, Moot Court Board.
Winner, Ray H. Jenkins Trial Competition, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1986. Board Member, Young Lawyers Division, Nashville Bar Association.
Litigation, Corporation.
Associate, Bone, Langford & Armistead, Nashville, 1986-1988; associate, partner, Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf, Nashville, 1988-1994; associate, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, Nashville, 1994-1995; litigation counsel, Columbia/Hospital Corporation of America healthcare corporation, Nashville, since 1995.
Board of directors, legal counsel Hands on Nashville, Inc., 1991-1994. Member alumni advisory county U. Tennessee College Law, Knoxville, 1993-1995. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association (president young lawyers division 1992-1993), Nashville Area Junior Chamber of Commerce (board directors, legal counsel1994-1995), Rotary.