Background
Kearns, William John was born on October 31, 1940 in Wilson Boro, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William John and Dorothy Lillian (Fenstermacher) Kearns.
Kearns, William John was born on October 31, 1940 in Wilson Boro, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William John and Dorothy Lillian (Fenstermacher) Kearns.
Saint Peter’s College (Bachelor of Science, 1962). Rutgers University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1965). Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1963-1965 and Chairman, 1964-1965, Moot Court Board.
Law Clerk to Assignment Judge, Union County, 1965-1966.
Councilman, 1972-1980 and Mayor, 1973. 1978, Willingboro Township.
Member, 1973-1975 and Chairman, 1975, Burlington County Ethics Committee. Assistant Solicitor, Burlington County Welfare Board, 1974-1976.
President, Board of Trustees, Family Service of Burlington County, 1975-1981.
Solicitor: North Hanover Township Planning Board, 1977-1980. Willingboro Township, since 1980. Bordentown Township Zoning Board, 1982-1988.
Bordentown Township Planning Board, since 1988.
Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Task Force on Women in the Courts, since 1982. Special Counsel, Labor Negotiations, Bordentown Township, since 1985.
Bar: New Jersey 1965, United States Tax Court 1969, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1969, United States Court Appeals (3d circuit) 1990. Law clerk Super. Court Judge Walter L. Hetfield, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1965-1966, associate Sidney West. Bookbinder, Burlington, New Jersey, 1966-1967, Leonard Etz, Trenton, New Jersey,1967-1970. Sole practice, Willingboro, New Jersey, 1970-1977.
Partner Kearns & Vassallo, Willingboro, 1977-1978, Kearns, Vassallo & Kearns, Willingboro, 1978-1980, Kearns, Vassallo, Kearns & LeBon, Willingboro, 1980-1982, Kearns & Kearns, Willingboro, 1982.
Director Provident Bank New Jersey, 1974-1976;member Willingboro Regional Advisory Board 1st Peoples Bank New Jersey, 1977-1982. Lecturer New Jersey Institute Continuing Legal Education.
Attorney Willingboro Township, since 1980. Attorney Bordentown Township Zoning Board, 1982-1988, planning board, 1988, Mansfield Township Zoning Board, 1989, Professional Municipal Management Joint Insurance Fund,1987, Burlington County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund., 1991.
Councilman Township of Willingboro, 1972-1980, mayor, 1973, 78, deputy mayor, 1975.
Member Willingboro Planning Board, 1972-1973, 75-78. Member Local Assistance Board, Willingboro, 1972-1974, 76-77. President United Way of Burlington County, 1981, member Executive Committee, 1977-1982, vice president agency relations, 1982.
Board directors Family Svc.
Burlington County, 1974-1981, president, 1975-1981. President Willingboro Democratic Club, 1970-1971.
Chairman Willingboro Democratic Committee, 1984, Burlington County Democratic Executive Committee, 1985-1988. Trustee New Jersey Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1985-1991.
Board directors Burlington County chapter Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1973-1974, Burlington County chapter American Red Cross, 1977-1979.
Chairman advisory board Willingboro League of Women Voters, 1968.
Member American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association (general council 1970-1991, director local government law section since 1970, chairman 1976-1978, chairman women"s rights section 1982-1984), Burlington County Bar Association (treasurer 1981-1982,Second vice president 1982-1983, president 1984-1985, director 1978-1981), New Jersey Institute ContinuingLegal Education (trustee 1985-1991, chairman 1989-1991), New Jersey Institute Municipal Attorneys(trustee 1988), National Institute Municipal Law Officers (chairperson state New Jersey 1984-1986, regional vice president 1986-1990, trustee 1990).
Married Ellen Katherine Butler, June 5, 1965.