Jim Burns: A Local Boy

 

 

If you call Jim Burns a haole he would likely take offense. His father, John A. Burns, always thought of himself as a local boy. Jim, who grew up in Kailua and easily breaks into Pidgin English, sees himself the same way. As Jim was growing up, he saw the respect that his father had for Hawaii immigrants, and learned that being a local boy was about more than just speaking Pidgin.

 

 

Jim Burns in Part 1 (image)

   
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Jim Burns: His Own Man

 

 

Jim Burns reflects on his life as a judge, a father, a husband and a cancer survivor. By the time his father, John A. Burns, became the second Governor of the State of Hawaii, Jim was already a lawyer. He carved out a career path: as a judge in Family Court, and later as Associate Judge and Chief Judge in the Intermediate Court of Appeals. "You don't live your father's life, you live your own life, and that's what I've tried to do, without embarrassing him," Jim says.

 

 

Jim Burns in Part 2 (image)

   
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