Title: Matter of Melvin
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 381, 2001
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: December 17, 2001

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN THE MATTER OF A MEMBER
OF THE BAR OF THE SUPREME
COURT OF DELAWARE:
GARY S. MELVIN,
Respondent.
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Submitted: November 29, 2001
  Decided:
December 17, 2001
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, and HOLLAND, Justices.
O R D E R
This 17th day of December 2001, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
The respondent, Gary Melvin, Esquire, is a lawyer subject to
the disciplinary jurisdiction of the Board on Professional Responsibility and
the Court.  On November 13, 2001, Melvin pleaded guilty to one count of
criminal contempt for knowingly violating the no-contact provision of a
Protection from Abuse Order and to one count of hindering prosecution for
concealing physical evidence that may have resulted in the lodging of a
criminal charge against him.  Melvin’s convictions are prima facie evidence
of the commission of those crimes.1
(2)
On November 29, 2001, this Court held a hearing limited to the
issue of whether Melvin poses “a significant threat of substantial harm to the
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public or to the orderly administration of justice.”2  The Court has
determined that sufficient evidence has been presented to demonstrate that
Melvin poses a significant threat of substantial harm to the public and to the
orderly administration of justice.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
(a)
Effective January 1, 2002, the respondent, Gary Melvin, is
hereby suspended on an interim basis from the practice of law in this State
pending final determination of this matter pursuant to the Delaware
Lawyers’ Rules of Disciplinary Procedure (DLRDP);
(b)
Melvin shall provide notice to clients, adverse parties, and
others as required by DLRDP Rule 23; and
(c)
This order shall be made public.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ E. Norman Veasey
Chief Justice
                                                                                                                                                
1 DEL. LAWYERS’ RULES OF DISCIPLINARY PROC. Rule 16(b).
2 Id. Rule 16(a).