In re Committee on Bar Admissions CFN-1248

Supreme Court of Louisiana

In re Committee on Bar Admissions CFN-1248

171 So. 3d 921, 2015 La. LEXIS 1044, 2015 WL 3475132

CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana

DecidedMay 5, 2015

DocketNo. 2014-BA-2277

StatusPublished

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In re Committee on Bar Admissions CFN-1248, 171 So. 3d 921, 2015 La. LEXIS 1044, 2015 WL 3475132 (La. 2015).

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BAR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING

PER CURIAM.

| petitioner successfully passed the Louisiana Bar Examination. However, the Committee on Bar Admissions (“Committee”) advised petitioner that it was unable to certify him for admission to the bar on character and fitness grounds relating to his failure to disclose the following information on his law school application: (1) a citation for possessing'alcohol as a minor, and (2) a citation for reckless operation of a motor vehicle, hit and run, no driver’s license on person, expired driver’s license, and license plate required.

Petitioner then applied to this court for admission to the practice of law. 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 be admitted to the practice of law. Neither party objected to this recommendation.

Considering-the commissioner’s recommendation, the absence of any objection from the Committee, and the entire record of this proceeding, we conclude petitioner is eligible to be admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana. Accordingly, it is ordered that the application for admission be and hereby is granted.

| .ADMISSION GRANTED.

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BAR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING

PER CURIAM.

| petitioner successfully passed the Louisiana Bar Examination. However, the Committee on Bar Admissions (“Committee”) advised petitioner that it was unable to certify him for admission to the bar on character and fitness grounds relating to his failure to disclose the following information on his law school application: (1) a citation for possessing'alcohol as a minor, and (2) a citation for reckless operation of a motor vehicle, hit and run, no driver’s license on person, expired driver’s license, and license plate required.

Petitioner then applied to this court for admission to the practice of law. 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 be admitted to the practice of law. Neither party objected to this recommendation.

Considering-the commissioner’s recommendation, the absence of any objection from the Committee, and the entire record of this proceeding, we conclude petitioner is eligible to be admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana. Accordingly, it is ordered that the application for admission be and hereby is granted.

| .ADMISSION GRANTED.

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