WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 632
(ii) a superintendent or deputy superintendent;

(3)  as a bailiff;

(4)  as a clerk or deputy clerk of any court or an
employee of a clerk;

(5)  as a register or deputy register of wills or an
employee of a register of wills; or

(6)  as an officer or employee in a juvenile court.

(c) (1) This subsection does not apply to the settlement
of small estates as set forth in Title 5, Subtitle 6 of the
Estates and Trusts Article.

(2) In Prince George's County, a sheriff, deputy
sheriff, warden, deputy warden, clerk, or employee of any court
may not prepare or help in the preparation of any form or
document that is filed in a court in that County or that affects
a case that is or may be filed in a court in that County.

[10-605] 10-604.

(a)  Without an existing relationship or interest in an
issue:

(1)  a person may not, for personal gain, solicit
another person to sue or to retain a lawyer to represent the
other person in a lawsuit; and

(2)  a lawyer, except as provided in the Rules of
Professional Conduct, may not:

(i) for personal gain, solicit another person
to sue or to retain the lawyer to represent the person in a
lawsuit;

(ii) directly or indirectly employ or   in any

way compensate or agree to employ or compensate any person   as an

expert witness or otherwise for the purpose of having that   person
solicit or attempt to solicit clients for the lawyer;

(iii) knowingly represent a person who retained
the lawyer as a result of solicitation prohibited under this
section; or

(iv) cause a case to be instituted without the
authority of a client.

(b)  Any solicitation involving acts described in this
section is prima facie evidence that the person soliciting is
acting for gain.

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