Jim Burn

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Distinguish|Jim Burns}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Jim Burn

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|office = Chair of the
Pennsylvania Democratic Party

|term_start = June 19, 2010{{cite news|title=Jim Burn replaces T.J. Rooney as Democratic State Committee chairman|url=http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/elections/index.ssf/2010/06/jim_burn_replaces_tj_rooney_as.html|accessdate=January 3, 2011|newspaper=Lehigh Valley Live|date=June 19, 2010}}

|term_end = 2015

|predecessor = T. J. Rooney

|successor = Marcel Groen

|office2 = President of the Allegheny County Council

|term_start2 = March 1, 2011{{cite news|last=Barcousky|first=Len|title=County council's President Burn adept at multi-tasking|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11066/1130269-181.stm|accessdate=December 29, 2011|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=March 7, 2011}}

|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{{cite news|title=Briefs: Fifth teenager charged in beating death|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_410182.html|accessdate=December 29, 2011|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Tribune|date=January 4, 2006}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|term_end3 =

|predecessor3 = Edward Kress

|successor3 =

|office4 = Chairperson of the
Allegheny County Democratic Party

|term_start4 = June 11, 2006{{cite news|last=Wereschagin|first=Mike|title=Burn named new chairman of Allegheny County Democrats|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06163/697606-85.stm|accessdate=December 29, 2011|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=June 12, 2006}}

|term_end4 = January 2, 2012

|predecessor4 = Jean Milko

|successor4 = Nancy Mills{{cite news|last=O'Toole|first=James|title=Jim Burn steps down as Allegheny County Democrat chair, keeps state spot|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_769889.html|accessdate=December 29, 2011|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Tribune|date=December 1, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201003104/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_769889.html|archive-date=February 1, 2013|url-status=dead}}

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|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

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abesbaumann.com/attorneys/james-r-burn-jr|title=James R. Burn|publisher=Abes Baumann Law Office|accessdate=29 October 2016}}

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.