IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-793141 (2023)

Petition for Admission to the Louisiana Bar denied. See per curiam.

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Supreme Court of Louisiana May 16, 2023

05/16/23

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

NO. 2022-BA-0997

IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-793141

BAR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING

PER CURIAM

Petitioner passed the Louisiana Bar Examination. The Committee on Bar Admissions (“Committee”) subsequently declined to certify petitioner for admission on character and fitness grounds relating to his (1) history of criminal offenses; (2) undergraduate discipline; and (3) law school discipline. On petitioner's application to this court, we remanded the matter to the Committee on Bar Admissions Panel on Character and Fitness to conduct an investigation and appointed a commissioner to take character and fitness evidence. Following the proceedings, the commissioner filed his report with this court, recommending petitioner's application for admission be denied. Neither party objected to this recommendation.

After reviewing the evidence and considering the law, we conclude that, at this time, petitioner has failed to meet his burden of proving that he has “good moral character” to be admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association. See Supreme Court Rule XVII, § 5(D). Accordingly, it is ordered that the application for admission be and hereby is denied. In accordance with Supreme Court Rule XVII, § 9(D)(13), petitioner may re-apply for admission upon a showing that he has complied with any and all recommendations made to him by the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program.

ADMISSION DENIED.