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Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Shuster

Unreported · Supreme Court of Maryland
Supreme Court of MarylandDisposition: OtherShirley M. Watts✓ Good law
SummaryThis matter came before the Supreme Court of Maryland on a "Joint Petition for Order Transferring the Respondent to Disability Inactive Status by Consent and Request for Appropriate Relief" filed by the parties on August 24, 2026. The joint petition was accompanied by an affidavit of the Respondent, Jay Barry Shuster, submitted under Maryland Rule 19-736(c)(2). The Court, by order dated August 25, 2026, granted the joint petition and transferred Respondent to disability inactive status by consent, pursuant to Maryland Rules 19-736(c) and 19-740(c), pending further order of the Court. The Court further directed the Clerk of the Court to provide notice of the Order in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761. The order was signed by Senior Justice Shirley M. Watts, with Gregory Hilton as Clerk. The document contains no reasoning, no findings of fact, no discussion of any legal question, and no
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* IN THE ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND * SUPREME COURT * OF MARYLAND v. * AG No. 8 JAY BARRY SHUSTER * September Term, 2026 ORDER Upon consideration of the “Joint Petition for Order Transferring the Respondent to Disability Inactive Status by Consent and Request for Appropriate Relief” filed by the parties in the above-captioned case on August 24, 2026, in which the parties jointly petition this Court to transfer Respondent, Jay Barry Shuster, to disability inactive status pursuant the joint petition accompanied by an affidavit by the Respondent under Maryland Rule 19- 736(c)(2), it is this 25th day of August 2026, ORDERED, by the Supreme Court of Maryland, that the Joint Petition for Order Transferring the Respondent to Disability Inactive Status by Consent and Request for Appropriate Relief is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED, that pursuant to Maryland Rules 19-736(c) and 19-740(c), Respondent, Jay Barry Shuster, is hereby transferred to disability inactive status by consent, pending further order of this Court; and it is further ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall provide notice of this Order in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761. Pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. /s/ Shirley M. Watts 2026.08.25 Senior Justice 08:57:51 -04'00' Gregory Hilton, Clerk