Jim Burn | |
Office: | Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party |
Term Start: | June 19, 2010[1] |
Term End: | 2015 |
Predecessor: | T. J. Rooney |
Successor: | Marcel Groen |
Office2: | President of the Allegheny County Council |
Term Start2: | March 1, 2011[2] |
Term End2: | January 3, 2012 |
Predecessor2: | Rich Fitzgerald |
Successor2: | Charles Martoni |
Office3: | Member of the Allegheny County Council from the 3rd District |
Term Start3: | January 3, 2006[3] |
Predecessor3: | Edward Kress |
Office4: | Chairperson of the Allegheny County Democratic Party |
Term Start4: | June 11, 2006[4] |
Term End4: | January 2, 2012 |
Predecessor4: | Jean Milko |
Successor4: | Nancy Mills[5] |
Party: | Democratic Party |
Spouse: | Lori |
Children: | 2-James Edward, Brandon Patrick |
Residence: | Millvale, Pennsylvania |
Alma Mater: | Duquesne University University of Dayton |
Profession: | Attorney, Martial Arts Instructor |
James R. Burn, Jr. is an American attorney and martial arts instructor. Over a 22-year period of public service, he has served as mayor of Millvale Borough in Allegheny County, Allegheny County Council Chairman of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee and the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.
Burn graduated from Duquesne University in 1985 and obtained his J.D. at the University of Dayton in 1988, where he was president of the Student Bar Association and the Phi Delta Phi fraternity.[6]
Burn was mayor of Millvale, Pennsylvania from 1994 to 2005 and served on the Allegheny County Council from 2006 to 2013, with a term as its president in 2011. He has chaired the Millvale Democratic Committee, Allegheny County Democratic Committee, and the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, where he served a five-year term.[6]