Arnold I. Burns

Arnold I. Burns (born April 14, 1930 in Brooklyn , New York City , † October 1, 2013 in Manhattan , New York City) was an American attorney and Deputy US Attorney General .

Life

After attending school, Burns first studied at Union College and graduated in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts (AB). A subsequent postgraduate study of law at the Law School of Cornell University , he finished in 1953 with a Juris Doctor (JD). He then did his military service in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the US Army between 1953 and 1957 .

After completing his active military service, he became an attorney with the Dewey Ballantine law firm before becoming a partner at Burns, Summit, Roving and Feldesman from 1960 to 1985 .

In 1985 Burns joined the US Department of Justice and was first US Associate Attorney General before he was then Deputy Attorney General from 1986 to 1988 as US Deputy Attorney General .

After retiring from government service, he returned to practice as a lawyer and was initially a partner in the law firm Proskauer Rose between 1988 and 1999 , a law firm with 700 lawyers today and based in New York City. He was then managing director of the law firms Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc. and then of Natexis Bleichroeder, Inc. Between 2004 and 2009, Burns was also the National Commissioner of the Anti-Defamation League and Chairman of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Co- Founder and Chairman of QuanStar Advisor Group, LLC . He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation, and since 2009 BioTime, Inc., a company in the field of stem cell research .

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Individual evidence

^ William Yardley: Arnold Burns, Who Left Justice Dept. in Protest, Dies at 83. In: The New York Times , October 1, 2013 (accessed October 2, 2013).
↑ Nomination of Arnold I. Burns To Be Deputy Attorney General (June 19, 1986)
^ THE NEW YORK TIMES: Careers of 2 Who Resigned; Arnold I. Burns (March 30, 1988)

personal data
SURNAME	Burns, Arnold I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Burns, Arnold; Burns, Arnold Irwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 14, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brooklyn , New York City
DATE OF DEATH	October 1, 2013
Place of death	Manhattan , New York City

[1] William Yardley: Arnold Burns, Who Left Justice Dept. in Protest, Dies at 83. In: The New York Times , October 1, 2013 (accessed October 2, 2013).

[2] Nomination of Arnold I. Burns To Be Deputy Attorney General (June 19, 1986)

[3] THE NEW YORK TIMES: Careers of 2 Who Resigned; Arnold I. Burns (March 30, 1988)