r1r STANDING COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE - Maryland ...

In addition to the mailed notice, the trustees may give
any additional notice to the lawyers on the delinquency list as
the trustees in their discretion deem desirable. Additional
notice may include publication in one or more newspapers selected
by the trustees; telephone, facsimile, or other transmission to
the named lawyers; dissemination to local bar associations or
other professional associations; posting in State court houses;
or any other means deemed appropriate by the trustees.
Additional notice may be statewide, regional, local, or personal
to a named lawyer as the trustees may direct.
4. Certification of Default by Trustees; Order of
Decertification Temporary Suspension by the Court of Appeals.
(i) Promptly after expiration of the deadline date stated
in the mailed notice, the trustees shall submit to the Court of
Appeals a proposed Decertification Temporary Suspension Order
stating the names and account numbers of those lawyers whose
accounts remain unpaid. The trustees also shall furnish
additional information from their records or give further notice
as the Court of Appeals may direct. The Court of Appeals, on
being satisfied that the trustees have given the required notice
to the lawyers remaining in default, shall enter a
Decertification Temporary Suspension Order prohibiting each of
them from practicing law in the State. The trustees shall mail
by first class mail a copy of the Decertification Temporary
Suspension Order to each lawyer named in the order at the
lawyer's last address as it appears on the records of the
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