Background
BURNES, RICHARD was born on August 13, 1936 in Norman, Oklahoma, United States.
BURNES, RICHARD was born on August 13, 1936 in Norman, Oklahoma, United States.
University of Georgia. University of Southern Mississippi (Bachelor of Science, 1959). Tulane University of Louisiana (Bachelor of Laws, 1962).
Northwestern University (Master of Laws, 1963).
Member, Justice of Tulane Moot Court, 1962. Ford Fellow, Criminal Law, Northwestern University Law School, 1962-1963.
Law Clerk, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1963-1964. Assistant District Attorney, Orleans Parish, 1964-1968.
Working as a partner of RICHARD V. BURNES. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Louisiana. 1963, United States. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. 1967, United States. District Court, Southern District of Alabama.
1968, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Alexandria and Louisiana State Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association.
Louisiana State Law Institute (Member, Continuous Revision Advisory Committee for the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1971).