Case Title: Reinstatement of Love

Citation: 

Docket Number: 16ag/21

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2021-09-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION   
 
*    IN THE  
FOR REINSTATEMENT OF 
JONATHAN FREDERICK SEAMON LOVE 
*    COURT OF APPEALS 
TO THE BAR OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
*    OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
*    Misc. Docket AG No. 16 
 
    
 
     
*    September Term, 2021 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
Upon consideration of the Verified Petition of Jonathan Love for Reinstatement to 
the Maryland Bar and Bar Counsel’s Response to Verified Petition for Reinstatement, filed 
in the above-captioned case, it is this 24th day of September, 2021, 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority concurring, that Mr. 
Love’s Petition for Reinstatement be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED; and it is further 
 
ORDERED, that, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-752(j), Jonathan Frederick 
Seamon Love is reinstated as a member of the Bar of Maryland, subject to his performance 
of a condition precedent; that is, no later than October 15, 2021, Mr. Love shall provide 
Bar Counsel with a copy of the executed lease (the “Lease”) to which he referred in his 
email to Bar Counsel, dated September 7, 2021, when he stated: “[O]n April 26, 2021, I 
signed a new lease to return to 300 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC.” 
If the Lease does not reflect the date upon which Mr. Love signed it, Mr. Love shall, in 
addition to providing Bar Counsel with a copy of the Lease, provide proof to Bar Counsel 
of the date upon which he signed the Lease; and it is further   
 
ORDERED, that, if Bar Counsel is of the view that Mr. Love has not fully complied 
with the above-described condition precedent or that the information provided by Mr. Love 
pursuant to this Order provides good cause for this Court to vacate the grant of 
reinstatement or to take other appropriate action, Bar Counsel may, no later than November 
1, 2021, file a motion to vacate reinstatement pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-752(m) or may 
file a notice or other paper stating Bar Counsel’s position; and it is further  
 
ORDERED, that, if Bar Counsel does not file a motion to vacate reinstatement or 
a notice or other paper as discussed in the preceding paragraph on or before November 1, 
2021, Mr. Love’s reinstatement pursuant to this Order shall become effective on November 
2, 2021, and the Clerk of the Court shall replace the name Jonathan Frederick Seamon Love 
upon the register of attorneys entitled to practice law in this State on November 2, 2021, 
and certify that fact to the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund and the Clerks of all 
judicial tribunals in this State; and it is further  
 
ORDERED, that, if Bar Counsel files a motion to vacate reinstatement or a notice 
or other paper as discussed above, Mr. Love may file a verified response to Bar Counsel’s 
filing no later than 15 days after service of Bar Counsel’s filing; and it is further  
 
ORDERED, that, if Bar Counsel files a motion to vacate reinstatement or a notice 
or other paper as discussed above, Mr. Love’s reinstatement shall not become effective 
without further Order of the Court. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Joseph M. Getty  
                     
                         Chief Judge 
                                                                  
  
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal 
Materials Act 
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. 
 
 
 
 
 
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk 
2021-09-24 12:36-04:00