In re Burke

• Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• Decided: February 27, 2025
• Docket: 24-BG-1013
• Status: Published

Opinion

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

No. 24-BG-1013

IN RE LYNN BURKE, RESPONDENT.

A Suspended Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 1006423)

On Report and Recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility

(BDN: 21-BD-009; DDNs: 2014-D303, 2017-D266, 2018-D102, 2018-D325 & 2022-D134)

(Decided: February 27, 2025)

Before: BECKWITH and SHANKER, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM: The Board on Professional Responsibility recommends that Lynn

Burke be suspended from the practice of law for two years with reinstatement

conditioned upon a showing of fitness and payment of restitution based on its finding

that she violated D.C. R. Pro. Conduct 1.5(a) and (b), 1.15(a) and (b), 1.16(d), 5.5(a),

7.1(a), 7.5(a), and 8.4(c); North Carolina R. Pro. Conduct 1.4(a) and (b), and 7.1; and

Maryland R. Pro. Conduct 19-301.3(a). Respondent has not filed any exceptions to the

Board’s Report and Recommendation. 2

Under D.C. Bar R. XI, § 9(h)(2), “if no exceptions are filed to the Board’s report,

the [c]ourt will enter an order imposing the discipline recommended by the Board upon

the expiration of the time permitted for filing exceptions.” See also In re Viehe, 762

A.2d 542, 543 (D.C. 2000) (“When . . . there are no exceptions to the Board’s report

and recommendation, our deferential standard of review becomes even more

deferential.”). Because no exceptions have been filed and we agree that the Board’s

recommended sanction is reasonable and appropriate for the violations presented here,1

we accept the recommendation that respondent be suspended for two years with

reinstatement conditioned on demonstrating fitness to practice law and payment of

restitution. Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that respondent Lynn Burke is hereby suspended from the practice

of law in the District of Columbia for two years, with reinstatement conditioned on

demonstrating fitness to practice law and payment of restitution. Respondent’s

attention is directed to the requirements of D.C. Bar. R. XI, § 14 and their effect on

eligibility for reinstatement. See D.C. Bar. R. XI, § 16(c).

So ordered.

1 See In re Edwards, 278 A.3d 1171, 1174-75 (D.C. 2022) (imposing sanction of two-year suspension and fitness requirement for violation of Rules 1.15(a) and 8.4(c), “severe and pervasive” lack of recordkeeping, and “prior censure for strikingly similar misconduct”).