Jan. 20, 2011

Larry A. Burns

San Diego judge Larry A. Burns will lean on his experience in high-profile cases as he presides over the Arizona shooting trial.

Larry A. Burns

Southern District (San Diego)

Career Highlights: Joined FedArb, November 2024; Judicate West, May 2024; took senior status January 2021, appointed by President George W. Bush to the Southern District of California, 2003; US magistrate judge; assistant U.S. attorney; deputy district attorney

FedArb

By Pat Broderick

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - Mario Conte, a former executive director of Federal Defenders of San Diego, wasn't at all surprised to hear federal Judge Larry Burns would be presiding over a tragic case that has left the nation reeling.

The San Diego judge, a former prosecutor, was tapped Jan. 12 by Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, to hear the case of Jared Lee Loughner, accused in the Jan.... (continued)

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