Judge Charles B. Burr, II was elected to his first ten-year term on the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in November 1999 and was re-elected in 2009.  He is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. Judge Burr currently is serving in the Civil Trial Division and is the presiding Judge for all Mass Tort Litigation.

Prior to his election to the Bench, Judge Burr had 34 years experience as a trial attorney, in both criminal and civil cases, and as a professional mediator/arbitrator. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1972. From 1992 to 1996, Judge Burr was an Adjunct Professor at the Villanova School of Law teaching a course in Civil Pretrial Practice.  He also served as the Radnor Township Zoning Hearing Board Solicitor for 24 years.

He has authored numerous articles for legal and medical journals and has been a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education programs sponsored by the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, and the Philadelphia and Delaware County Bar Associations on issues relating to civil litigation including the management of civil trials, medical malpractice and the settlement of cases.  Since 2000, he has been a faculty member of the Academy of Advocacy at Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law.