Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Blum

Citation: 

Docket Number: 30agr/05

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2005-08-08T00:00:00Z

Document:
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION
*    In the
  OF MARYLAND
 
*    Court of Appeals
Petitioner
*    of Maryland
v.
*    Misc. Docket AG          
STUART M. BLUM         
*    No. 30
Respondent
*    September Term, 2005
                               O R D E R
The 
Court 
having 
considered 
the 
motion 
to 
amend 
the 
disbarment
order or, in the alternative to suspend the September 2, 2005
reinstatement of Maryland Rule 16-760(d)(2) to permit further
investigation and request for emergency relief filed in the above
case, it is this 8th day of August, 2005,
ORDERED, 
by 
the 
Court 
of 
Appeals 
of 
Maryland, 
that 
Bar 
Counsel
shall, on or before August 22, 2005, file an answer to the motion
which 
shall 
include 
therein 
data 
reflecting 
the 
number 
of 
disbarred
attorneys 
presently 
working 
as 
paralegals 
 
and 
also 
data 
disclosing
the extent to which other States prohibit or restrict disbarred
attorneys from working as paralegals,  and it is further
ORDERED that, on or before August 30, 2005, the attorney for
Stuart M. Blum may file a response to Bar Counsel’s answer which
may include data on the matters to be provided by Bar Counsel’s
response to the motion, and it is further
ORDERED that, on Tuesday, September 6, 2005, the parties
shall 
appear 
before 
the 
Court 
at 
a 
hearing 
to 
present 
oral 
argument
with respect to the motion, and it is further
ORDERED that the Order of this Court dated June 2, 2005
reinstating, as of September 2, 2005, the operation of Maryland
Rule 16-760(d)(2), which prohibits a disbarred attorney, inter
alia, from working as a paralegal for an attorney, is stayed, and
Maryland Rule 16-760(d)(2) shall continue to be suspended pending
the outcome of the hearing in this case.
/s/    Robert M. Bell________
     CHIEF JUDGE