Arnold Burns
 Arnold Irwin Burns (April 14 1930 – October 1 2013) was an American lawyer. He served as the United States Deputy Attorney General from 1986 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese. In March 1988 Burns together with the head of the U.S. Justice Department's criminal division William Weld and four aides resigned from office in protest of what they viewed as improper conduct by Attorney General Meese including personal financial indiscretions.