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| office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of Oregon]]
| term_start = November 24, 1989
| term_end = December 21, 2001
| office1 = Chief Judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Oregon]]
| term_start1 = 1979
| term_end1 = 1984
| predecessor1 = [[Otto Richard Skopil Jr.]]
| successor1 = [[Owen M. Panner]]
| office2 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Oregon]]
| term_start2 = June 2, 1972
| term_end2 = November 24, 1989
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| appointer2 = [[List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon]]
| predecessor2 = [[Gus J. Solomon]]
| successor2 = [[Robert E. Jones (judge)|Robert E. Jones]]
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| birth_name = James Milton Burns
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| birth_place = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]
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'''James Milton Burns''' (November 24, 1924 – December 21, 2001) was an American attorney and judge in [[Oregon]]. He served as a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of Oregon]].

==Early life==

Burns was born in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], on November 24, 1924,<ref name=fjc>{{cite web|title=Burns, James Milton|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=324&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|work=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref> and was raised by an aunt after both of his parents had died by the time he was ten years old.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|last=Hogan|first=Dave|title=Biography Profile Local Obituary - Judge 'James the Just' Burns dies at 77 after long illness|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=December 22, 2001|page=E1}}</ref> After high school at [[Grant High School (Portland, Oregon)|Grant High School]] he earned scholarship to attend the [[University of Portland]],<ref name=senior>{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Jim|title=Senior Status Not Likely to Slow James Burns|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|date=November 20, 1989|author2=Dave Hogan|page=B4}}</ref> but left part way through to serve as infantry in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] from 1943 to 1945.<ref name=fjc/> While serving in [[France]] he suffered [[trenchfoot]].<ref name=senior/> After leaving the Army he received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the University of Portland in 1947 and then a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Loyola University Chicago School of Law]] in 1950.<ref name=fjc/> While at Loyola he met Helen Hogan in 1950, and the two were married in November 1950 and had five daughters, two of which became attorneys.<ref name=senior/>

==Career==

Burns was in private practice in Portland from 1950 to 1952, and again from 1956 to 1966, serving in the interim as a district attorney of [[Harney County, Oregon|Harney County]], in [[Eastern Oregon]].<ref name=fjc/> He was also a Special Master for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon from 1962 to 1965.<ref name=fjc/> He was a judge of the [[Oregon Circuit Court]] for [[Multnomah County]] from 1966 to 1972, becoming a member of the faculty of the [[National Judicial College]] in 1971.<ref name=fjc/>

==Federal judicial service==

On March 22, 1972, Burns was nominated by President [[Richard Nixon]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the District of Oregon]] vacated by Judge [[Gus J. Solomon]].<ref name=fjc/> Burns was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on May 25, 1972, and received his commission on June 2, 1972.<ref name=fjc/> He served as Chief Judge from 1979 to 1984 before he assumed [[senior status]] on November 24, 1989.<ref name=fjc/>

===Notable cases===

Notable cases Burns heard included where he tossed approval for the [[Mount Hood Freeway]] in 1974, a criminal case related to the 1982 escape of prisoners from Rocky Butte Jail, and the 1987 case over construction of the [[Elk Creek Dam]] in [[Southern Oregon]].<ref name=obit/>

==Later life and death==

At the time he took senior status he lived along the [[Willamette River]] in [[Wilsonville, Oregon|Wilsonville]], Oregon, in the [[Portland metropolitan area]] with his wife Helen.<ref name=senior/> Burns died on December 21, 2001, in Wilsonville at the age of 77.<ref name=obit/> He was buried at Portland's [[Mount Calvary Cemetery (Portland, Oregon)|Mount Calvary Cemetery]].<ref name=obit/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FJC Bio|324|nid=1378586|name=James Milton Burns}}
*{{C-SPAN|9276328}}
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