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United Law Coalition

Pursuing accountability. Advancing justice. Defending families.

A national network of attorneys, investigators, and advocates identifying systemic abuses and holding public officials to the law they swore to serve. This is not a legal aid office.

Attorney Christopher Burns
Attorney Christopher Burns, Director, United Law Coalition

Directed by Attorney Christopher Burns, the United Law Coalition was created in response to a growing pattern of reports from families across the country describing similar experiences within family courts, child welfare systems, guardianship proceedings, and other government institutions.

Different states. Different agencies. Different courtrooms. The same patterns. The same abuses. The same lack of accountability.

The coalition focuses on systemic misconduct and legal strategies that address widespread patterns rather than isolated disputes.

What we do

  • Identify recurring violations of constitutional and civil rights
  • Investigate patterns of misconduct within courts, agencies, and government systems
  • Support strategic litigation designed to create meaningful legal precedent
  • Expose corruption and abuses of public trust
  • Hold public officials accountable when they exceed their lawful authority
  • Advance reforms that strengthen transparency, due process, and accountability

What we do not do

The United Law Coalition is not a legal aid organization. It does not provide representation for routine legal disputes, divorces, custody battles, probate matters, or individual litigation.

The focus is broader public significance: systemic misconduct, recurring patterns of abuse, and opportunities to create meaningful reform through strategic legal action.

When the same complaints emerge across jurisdictions, the issue is no longer individual. It is systemic.

The network

Join the coalition

  • Attorneys
  • Paralegals
  • Investigators
  • Researchers
  • Journalists
  • Subject matter experts
  • Retired judges and legal professionals
  • Policy advocates

No public official should be above the law, and no family should stand alone against a system that has forgotten who it serves.

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