Background
Burrus, Junior, Robert L. was born on September 16, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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Robert L. Burrus Jr.
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University of Richmond (Bachelor of Arts, 1955). Duke University (Bachelor of Laws, 1958).
Career
Worked at McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P. (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1958, Virginia. Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1957-1958.
Director: Compensation and Nomination Committee, Concepts Direct, Inc., Longmont, Colorado, 1984. Organization and Corporate Responsibility and Pension Committees, CXS Corporation, Richmond, Virginia, 1993. Executive Compensation (Chairman) and Nominations Committees, Hellig-Meyers Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1973.
Audit Committee (Chairman), O'Sullivan Corporation, 1995. Audit and Compensation (Chairman), Committees, S & K Famous Brands, Inc., 1979. Smithfield Foods, Norfolk, Virginia, 1996.
Trustee and Chairman, Executive, Investment and Academic Affairs Committees, University of Richmond. Trustee and Vice Chairman, Finance Committee, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Member, Board of Visitors, Duke University School of Law, 1993.
Member, 1985-1993 and Chairman, 1990-1992, State council on Higher Education for Virginia. Chairman, Corporate Law Committee, Virginia Bar Association, 1975-1977. Chairman, Business Section, 1976-1978 and Member, Joint Bar Revisors of State Corporation Law, 1983-1985, Virginia State Bar.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Virginia Law Foundation. McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P. is among the largest law firms in the United States.
From its locations in Alexandria, Baltimore, Charlottesville, Jacksonville, Norfolk, Richmond, Tysons Corner, Washington, D.C., Almaty, Republic of Kazakstan, Moscow, Russia, Brussels, Belgium, and Zurich, Switzerland, the firm serves the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region and other United States. and foreign corporate centers. This concentration of lawyers in one of the fastest growing, most populous areas of the nation, coupled with a long tradition of excellence and individual attention, distinguishes the firm from most others.
Membership
Member, Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1957-1958. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Virginia Law Foundation.
