Title: In the Matter of the Application of Jefferson

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

Argued: September 11, 2020 
 
 
 
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
 
OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
Misc. No. 15 
 
 
 
September Term, 2019 
 
 
 
          
 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION 
OF ANTONETTE YVONNE JEFFERSON 
FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR OF 
MARYLAND  
 
 
 
      
     
 
 
Barbera, C.J. 
McDonald 
Watts 
Hotten 
Getty 
Booth 
Biran,  
 
 JJ. 
 
 
 
         ORDER 
 
 
 
    Filed: September 14, 2020 
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
2020-09-14 14:33-04:00
 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION     *      IN THE 
 
OF ANTONETTE YVONNE JEFFERSON       *      COURT OF APPEALS 
 
FOR ADMISSION TO THE 
     *      OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
BAR OF MARYLAND 
     *       Misc. No. 15   
 
 
     *       September Term, 2019 
 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
 
 
WHEREAS Antonette Yvonne Jefferson has applied for admission to the 
Maryland Bar, 
 
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-204(a), the Character 
Committee for the Fourth Appellate Circuit undertook an investigation of Ms. Jefferson’s 
character and fitness for the practice of law and, on March 12, 2019, conducted a hearing 
at which Ms. Jefferson appeared and testified, 
 
 
WHEREAS, the Character Committee prepared a comprehensive report for 
the State Board of Law Examiners in which it unanimously recommended that Ms. 
Jefferson be denied admission to the Bar, 
 
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-204(b), on October 25, 2019, 
the State Board of Law Examiners conducted a hearing at which Ms. Jefferson appeared 
and testified, 
 
 
WHEREAS, after holding the hearing and receiving additional information 
from Ms. Jefferson, the State Board of Law Examiners, on February 18, 2020, unanimously 
recommended in a report to the Court that Ms. Jefferson be denied admission to the Bar, 
 
 
WHEREAS, Ms. Jefferson requested the opportunity for a hearing before 
the Court, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-204(c), and filed a brief and other documents for 
the Court’s consideration in connection with the hearing, 
 
 
WHEREAS, the Court conducted a hearing on September 11, 2020, at which 
Ms. Jefferson appeared and presented argument, 
 
 
WHEREAS, the Court has carefully considered the report of the Character 
Committee, the report of the State Board of Law Examiners, and the submissions made by 
Ms. Jefferson, 
 
 
WHEREAS, the Court finds that Ms. Jefferson has not met her burden under 
Maryland Rule 19-204(d) to establish that she has the requisite character and fitness for the 
practice of law, it is this 14th day of September, 2020, 
 
 
ORDERED, that the application of Antonette Yvonne Jefferson for 
admission to the Maryland Bar is denied. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Chief Judge