Christopher R. Burns (2025)

vulnerable clients that it recommends to the Attorney Discipline Office that it immediately impact of Attorney Burns’s failure to follow the Rules of Profes sional Conduct on his extremely baseline sanction, only aggravating factors. The Committee is so concerned about the potential Disbarment is the appropriate sanction. There are no mitigating factors to temper this

and showed no r emorse. client, and failed to respond to the disciplinary authority. Attorney Burns lied to the Committee client over a period of months, caused a default judgment with costs to be entered against the or diligence, and then submitted falsely notarized i nterrogatories to opposing counsel, lied to his to represent the client in any meaningful way, let alone with a minimum amount of competence client’s funds for his own uses without ever earning it, depleting the funds in nine days. He failed Attorney Burns committed serious misconduct. He immediately began con verting a

reasoned and supported. The Committee adopts the Hearing Panel’s analysis and conclusions. The Committee finds the Hearing Panel report, dated September 29, 2025, to be well -

attorney disciplin e process. shared with the Attorney Discipline Office nor sought leave to present in any forum of the Burns maintained that he had proof that those facts were incorrect – proof that he had never that, by failing to respond to the Notic e of Charges, all facts are deemed admitted. Attorney before the Hearing Panel, contesting the facts underlying the Notice of Charges, despite the fact Attorney Burns spent his time before this Committee, as he had at the sanction hearing

extend his deadline by the due date. request for an opportunity to file a pleading; however, he did not file a pleading or a motion to argument, at Attorney Burns’s request, and provided deadlines responsive to Attorney Burns’s Panel’s recommendation that Attorney Burns be disbarred. The Committee scheduled oral On December 16, 2025, the Professional Conduct Committee deliberated the Hearing

(U.S. Mail – Burns Legal Services PLLC, PO Box 621, Portsmouth, NH

Christopher R. Burns, Esq. (via Electronic Email – burnslegalservices603@gmail.com and cc: Sara S. Greene, Disciplinary Counsel (via Electronic Email)

Date: December 18, 2025 /s/ Stephanie C. Hausman

Court considers the matter. pursue interim suspension under Supreme Court Rule 37(9 - A)(a) or 37(16)(d) while the Supreme

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