{"id":58970,"date":"2017-04-17T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T03:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=58970"},"modified":"2020-03-12T13:33:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T23:33:56","slug":"burns-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/17\/burns-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Law school garden dedication honors Judge James S. Burns"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/piFY5JAY-KM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>More than 100 friends, colleagues, law students, staff and faculty members gathered in the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/\">William S. Richard School of Law<\/a> courtyard on April 13 to honor and memorialize Judge <strong>James S. Burns<\/strong>, who was remembered as a humorous and &ldquo;down-to-earth guy,&rdquo; who treasured his role as a mentor&#8212;and gardener&#8212;at the law school. He was beloved by students and faculty.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> News story<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/09\/in-memoriam-uh-mourns-the-passing-of-the-honorable-james-s-burns\/\"><em>In Memoriam: <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> mourns the passing of the Honorable James S. Burns,<\/em><\/a> March 9, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the shade of the law school&#8217;s towering ti garden that Judge Burns planted and tended for a decade, law students planted new young ti plants in his memory, family members spoke warmly of his humor and sage advice&#8212;but only if he was asked for it&#8212; and School of Law Dean <strong>Avi Soifer<\/strong> called him &ldquo;a man of few words and great common sense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Journalist and media personality Emme Tomimbang, the widow of Judge Burns, spoke about how he treasured his time at the William S. Richardson School of Law after his retirement as chief judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in 2007, and how it had become like a second home.<\/p>\n<p>His daughter, Meredith Burns, an attorney with the National Labor Relations Board, spoke of how much he loved his work as a judge, as well as his time at the law school. &ldquo;He put a lot of love into this place,&rdquo; she said as she recalled how he had often been there on weekends working in the garden. &ldquo;He wanted Bill Richardson&#8217;s school to be lovely.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The two families had long been close, explained Judge Burns&#8217; son, Brendan Burns, who is the principal at &#699;&#256;ina Haina Elementary School. In fact, said Brendan, Judge Burns and <abbr title=\"Chief Justice\">CJ<\/abbr> Richardson had played league softball together years earlier with &ldquo;The Musubi Machine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was a terrific pitcher,&rdquo; Brendan said of his father, adding, &ldquo;And the catcher was <abbr>CJ<\/abbr> Richardson.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those two leaders had such an impact on the community together, said Brendan, turning to address the students, staff, and faculty at the gathering. &ldquo;You here are all a result of that legacy. He lives on within each one of us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For more on the ceremony, read the full story on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/article\/judge-james-s-burns-%E2%80%93-honored-and-remembered-%E2%80%98man-few-words-%E2%80%93-and-great-common-sense%E2%80%99\">William S. Richardson School of Law website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Beverly Creamer<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58974\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/manoa-law-burns-memorial-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/manoa-law-burns-memorial-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/manoa-law-burns-memorial-1-260x173.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emme Tomimbang speaks at the William S. Richardson School of Law memorial service for her husband, Judge James S. Burns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58973\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/manoa-law-burns-memorial-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/manoa-law-burns-memorial-2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/manoa-law-burns-memorial-2-260x173.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Law school graduate Eileen Nims and current student Tim Vandeveer plant young ti plants in the Judge Burns garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 friends, colleagues, law students, staff and faculty members gathered in the <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> law school courtyard honor and memorialize Judge James S. 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