Background
Burns, Thomas David was born on April 4, 1921 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Lawrence and Catherine (Horne) Burns.
Burns, Thomas David was born on April 4, 1921 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Lawrence and Catherine (Horne) Burns.
Phillips Andover Academy. Brown University; Boston University School of Law (Bachelor of Laws, 1943). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Regents, 19701976.
Treasurer, 1974-1976).
Member, Judicial Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1973-1977. Member, Judicial Nominating Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1979-1983.
Member, Special Legislative Commission on Malpractice, since 1975.
Worked at Burns & Levinson Limited Liability Partnership (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in General Practice, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Corporation, Environmental Law, Insurance, Probate, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Toxic Tort, Trusts and Wills. Trials in all Courts and Administrative Agencies. Admitted to the bar, 1943, Massachusetts.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Regents, 1970-1976.
Treasurer, 1974-1976). Member, Judicial Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1973-1977.
Member, Judicial Nominating Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1979-1983. Member, Special Legislative Commission on Malpractice, 1975.
Special Counsel, Boston City Council, 1981-1982.
Member: Boston (Member: Executive Council, 1962-1965. 1969-1972; Chairman, Committee on Judicial Selection, 1972-1977), Massachusetts (Chairman, Joint Boston and Massachusetts Bar Committee on Judicial Selection, 1972-1977. Member: Board of Delegates, 1974-1977.
Executive Committee, 1975-1977) and American Bar Associations.
International Association of Insurance Counsel. Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
Massachusetts Bar Foundation.
Military: Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve, Active Duty, 1943-1946. Burns & Levinson, founded in 1960, is a firm now comprised of more than 130 partners & associates & consists of eleven departments - General Litigation, Business Litigation, Insurance, Toxic Tort, Environmental Automotive, Real Estate, Tax, Finance, Trusts & Estates and Family Law.
Chairman Planning Board Appeals, Andover, 1956—1957. Trustee Stratton Mountain Vermont Civic Association, Museum American Textile History, 1992—2004. Board director Birch Hill Corporation, Stratton, Vermont.
Trustee, clerk Pike School, Andover. Member Massachusetts History Society, Western Front Association. Member advisory board Public Broadcasting Service channel II WGBH, Boston.
Chairman Andover Republican Finance Committee, 1953—1957. Member alumni council and development committee Phillips Andover Academy. Fellow: American Bar Association, Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association (director), National Association RailRoad Trial Counsel, International Association Defense Counsel, Boston Bar Foundation, Boston Bar Association (member executive council), Massachusetts Bar Association (member executive committee), American College Trial Lawyers (state chairman 1968, board regents 1970-1976, treasurer 1974-1977), Massachusetts Bar Foundation (trustee), American Bar Foundation, Boston Visiting Nurses Association, Federal Insurance and Corporation Counsel, Boston University Law School (member alumni council and development committee, alumni award, Distinguished Professional Service award 1996), Boston City Club, Duxbury Yacht Club, The Country Club (Brookline), North Adnover Country Club, Coral Beach Club (Bermuda), Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Member: American College Trial Lawyers Foundation (director), Thursday Evening Club.
Married Sylvia Lansing, September 14, 1946 (divorced 1982). Children: Wendy Conquest, Lansing, Diane Longley, Lisa. Married Marjorie Andrew Brown, March 12, 1983.