Title: Attorney Grievance v. Snyder

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

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) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
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). 
 
 
 
  /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Chief Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* Judge Biran did not participate in the consideration of this matter. 
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  
Suzanne Johnson
2020-10-23 08:48-04:00