Background
Burns, Cassandra Stroud was born on May 22, 1960 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Daughter of James Wesley and Jeanette Lou (Garner) Stroud.
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Cassandra Stroud Burns
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Bachelor, University of Virginia, 1982; Juris Doctor, North Carolina Center U., 1985.
Career
Law clerk Office Attorney General, State of Virginia, Richmond, summer 1984; law intern Office District Attorney, State of North Carolina, Durham, 1985; staff attorney, Tidewater Legal Aid Society, Chesapeake, Virginia, 1987-1989; assistant attorney, Commonwealth of Virginia, Petersburg, 1989-1990; associate attorney, Bland and Stroud, Petersburg, 1990; assistant public defender, City of Petersburg, 1990-1991; Commonwealth's attorney, City of Petersburg, Virginia, since 1991. Founder Bachelor of Education Task Force on Babies Exposed to Drugs, 1991, Buddies of Petersburg Program, 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Secretary Chesapeake Task Force Council on Youth Superior vena cava syndrome, 1987-1989. Church directress and organist. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Chair Petersburg-Dinwiddie Cmty. Criminal Justice Board. Member Virginia Bar Association (member county since 1993), Old Dominion Bar Association, Virginia Association Commonwealth Attorneys (board directors, member county since 1993), Legal Superior vena cava syndrome Corporation Virginia (board directors), National Board Trial Advocacy (certified), Soutside Virginia Legal Aid Society (board directors), Petersburg Bar Association, National Black Prosecutors Association (regional director), Petersburg Junior Chamber of Commerce, Order Eastern Star, Peterburg Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, International, Buddies Club, Phi Alpha Delta, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Interests
Connections
Married Stephen Burns. Children: Leila Jeanette, India Veronica.
