Title: Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Goldstein

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

O R D E R 
 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petitions for Disbarment by Consent filed by 
Bar Counsel and Respondent, Jeffrey Stephen Goldstein, on March 11, 2024 and 
March 18, 2024, respectively, in the above-captioned case, in which the parties jointly 
petition this Court to disbar Respondent pursuant to Rule 19-736(b) and advise that 
Respondent agrees that his conduct as described in the joint petitions violates Maryland 
Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct Rules 1.15 (Safekeeping Property) and 
8.4(a), (c), and (d) (Misconduct), Maryland Rules 19-407(a)(2) (Attorney Trust 
Account Record-Keeping) and 19-410(a) and (b) (Prohibited Transactions), and 
Maryland Code, Business Occupations & Professions § 10-306 and that the 
appropriate disposition would be disbarment, and request that the Court order 
Respondent disbarred effective March 31, 2024 or on the date of the order from this 
Court, whichever is later, it is this 19th day of March 2024,    
ORDERED that the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent filed on March 11, 
2024 has been rendered moot by the filing of the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent 
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE 
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
v. 
 
JEFFREY STEPHEN GOLDSTEIN 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
 
* 
     IN THE 
 
     SUPREME COURT 
 
     OF MARYLAND 
 
     AG No. 35 
 
     September Term, 2023   
2 
 
on March 18, 2024; and it is further 
ORDERED, by the Supreme Court of Maryland, that, the Joint Petition for 
Disbarment by Consent filed on March 18, 2024 is GRANTED, and the Respondent, 
Jeffrey Stephen Goldstein, is hereby DISBARRED, effective March 31, 2024; and it is 
further  
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Jeffrey Stephen 
Goldstein from the register of attorneys maintained by the Clerk 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 19-761; and it is 
further 
ORDERED, that in light of the parties’ request in the joint petition filed on 
March 18, 2024 that this Court order Respondent to pay costs incurred by the Attorney 
Grievance Commission in the amount of $815.00, the Attorney Grievance 
Commission file a statement of costs under Maryland Rule 19-709 describing the basis 
for the $815.00 in costs on or before April 19, 2024. 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
              /s/ Shirley M. Watts 
 
     Senior Justice 
Pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal 
Materials Act (§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State 
Government Article) this document is authentic. 
 
Gregory Hilton, Clerk 
2024.03.19 
15:23:14 
-04'00'