Attorney Grievance v. Snyder ( 2020 )

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE
OF MARYLAND
* COURT OF APPEALS
v. * OF MARYLAND
* Misc. Docket AG No. 21
September Term, 2020
*
(No. C-03-CV-20-002762,
STEPHEN LAWRENCE SNYDER * Circuit Court Baltimore
County)
ORDER
Upon consideration of the Joint Request of the Attorney Grievance Commission of
Maryland and the Respondent, Stephen Lawrence Snyder, (“Joint Request”) to temporarily
suspend the Respondent from the practice of law, direct the Respondent to enter into a monitor
agreement, and stay the pending disciplinary proceeding, it is this 23rd day of October, 2020, by
the Court of Appeals of Maryland
ORDERED, that, effective March 31, 2021, the Respondent voluntarily agrees to be
temporarily suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is further
ORDERED, that, within five (5) days of the date of this Order, the Respondent shall enter
into the monitor agreement, with a monitor acceptable to Bar Counsel, and that the monitor
agreement shall remain in effect through March 31, 2021; and it is further
ORDERED, that, within five (5) days of the date of this Order, the Respondent shall
provide a copy of the Indictment, the Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action, the Joint
Request, this Order, and the monitor agreement to Clients A and B and obtain their informed
consent to his continued representation of those clients, confirmed in writing and submitted to
Bar Counsel no later than ten (10) days after the date of this Order, and shall comply with the
other conditions set forth in paragraph 10 of the Joint Request; and it is further
ORDERED, that, this disciplinary matter be, and hereby is, STAYED, pending
resolution of the criminal charges against the Respondent in the United States District Court for
the District of Maryland and until further order of this Court; and it is further
ORDERED, that, on March 31, 2021, the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of
Stephen Lawrence Snyder from the register of attorneys in this Court and certify that fact to the
Trustees of the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and all Clerks of all judicial
tribunals in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-736(d).
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document
is authentic.
Suzanne Johnson /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
2020-10-23 08:48-04:00
Chief Judge
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk
* Judge Biran did not participate in the consideration of this matter.