Career Outside of Politics
Burris is manager/CEO of Burris & Lebed Consulting, LLC, which was formed in April 2002. It is a consulting service concentrating in public relations, lobbying, political strategies, and corporate strategies. He also serves of counsel to the law firm of Gonzalez, Saggio and Harlan, L.L.C. His areas of legal concentration are business transactions, estate planning, wills, trusts, probate, and consumer affairs.
As of 2008, Burris was on the Board of Directors of the Inland Real Estate Corporation as an Independent Director and was Chairman of its Governance and Nominating Committee. Inland is a $2 billion Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), listed on the NYSE, which owns medium-sized shopping centers. As an Independent Director, he served on the Audit Committee.
He also briefly served as an Adjunct Professor in the Master of Public Administration Program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Burris was featured briefly in a scene from the Hollywood blockbuster, The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford. A scene in the movie, which was mainly shot in Chicago, shows Burris in the St. Patrick's Day parade, waving to spectators.
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