[2] She was a special assistant to the Commission to Revise the Connecticut General Statutes from 1947 to 1948.

[3] Burns was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on February 15, 1978 to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut vacated by Judge Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld.

She was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 17, 1978, and received her commission on May 18, 1978,[4] becoming the first female district judge in Connecticut.

She took inactive senior status on March 31, 2015, meaning that while she remained a federal judge, she no longer heard cases or participated in the business of the court.

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