Lynn Burke

DCCA Opinion (February 27, 2025)

Summary: Not yet available.

DCCA Order (January 10, 2025)

Summary: In re Lynn Burke. Bar No. 1006423. January 10, 2025. Burke was suspended on an interim basis pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 9(g), pending final action on the Board on Professional Responsibility’s November 1, 2024, recommendation of a two-year suspension with fitness and restitution with interest to one individual.

Board Report and Orders (November 1, 2024)

Summary: In re Lynn Burke. Bar No. 1006423. November 1, 2024. The Board on Professional Responsibility issued a decision recommending that the D.C. Court of Appeals suspend Burke for two years for misconduct in five client matters, that she be required to prove fitness prior to reinstatement, and that she be ordered to pay restitution with interest to one individual. Burke’s misconduct involved violations of 12 Rules of Professional Conduct in three jurisdictions. Specifically, the matters included (1) a motion in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, (2) a matter in a Maryland Circuit Court, (3) two immigration matters, and (4) a matter in which Burke agreed to meet with an incarcerated individual in North Carolina but never did so. In the first matter, Burke violated North Carolina Rules 1.4(a) and (b) (failure to communicate) and 7.1 (misleading communications concerning a lawyer’s services). In the second matter, Burke violated Maryland Rule 19-301.3(a) (diligence and zeal). The D.C. Rules applied to the remaining matters, in which Burke violated Rules 1.5(a) (unreasonable fee), 1.5(b) (failure to provide fee agreement), 1.15(a) (failure to keep records and commingling), 1.15(b) (failure to keep client funds in a trust account), 1.16(d) (failure to return unearned fees and client files), 7.1(a) and 7.5(a) (misleading communications concerning a lawyer’s services), and 8.4(c) (dishonesty). In three of the matters, Burke engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in violation of D.C. Rule 5.5(a).

Hearing Committee Report (June 6, 2024)

Summary: Not yet available.

Specification of Charges (April 25, 2023)