Background
Burns, William M. was born on June 24, 1943 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
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William M. Burns
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University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1965. Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1968).
Career
Worked at Hanft, Fride, O"Brien, Harries, Swelbar & Burns, P.A. (Duluth, Minnesota) specializing in General Practice. Corporation, Environmental, Mining, Insurance, Probate and Trust Law, Taxation, Commercial. Trials and Appeals. Employment, Transportation, Public Utilities, Development and Real Estate, Estate Planning, Media, Health Care, Municipal and Family Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1968, Minnesota.
Order of the Coif. Research Assistant, University of Michigan Law School, 1966-1968. Assistant Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1967-1968.
Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, 1971. President, 1974-1976, Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota, Incorporated.
Member: Board of Directors, 1974-1980.
Executive Committee, 1975-1980, Legal Assistance of Minnesota, Incorporated. Member: Eleventh District, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. Hanft, Fride, O"Brien, Harries, Swelbar & Burns, P.A. provides litigation and business related legal services throughout northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Membership
Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, 1971. President, 1974-1976, Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota, Incorporated. Member: Board of Directors, 1974-1980.
Executive Committee, 1975-1980, Legal Assistance of Minnesota, Incorporated.
Member: Eleventh District, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations.
