Maryland Business Occupations and Professions Section 10-603

      (a)      This section does not apply to:

            (1)      a lawyer while employed as a part-time master for juvenile cases; or

            (2)      an individual while:

                  (i)      performing an affirmative duty required by law; or

                  (ii)      engaging in an activity related to a case in which the individual is a party or has a property interest.

      (b)      Even if an individual has been admitted to the Bar, the individual may not practice law while employed:

            (1)      as a sheriff or deputy sheriff;

            (2)      in a jail or penitentiary, as:

                  (i)      a warden or deputy warden; or

                  (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.