In Re: Committee On Bar Admissions Cfn -743663

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 17, 2021
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS
CFN
-743663 No. 2020-BA-01377
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IN RE: C
onfidential Party - Applicant Other; Petition for Admission to the Louisiana
Bar;
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November 17, 2021
Conditional admission granted. See per curiam.
Genovese, J., would reject conditional admission.
SJC
JLW
JDH
WJC
JBM
PDG
11/17/2021 "See News Release 045 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

S
UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
NO.
2020-BA-1377
I
N RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-743663
B
AR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING
P
ER CURIAM
P
etitioner passed the Louisiana Bar Examination. The Committee on Bar
Admissions (“Committee”) subsequently declined to certify petitioner for
admission, citing her history of criminal offenses, numerous traffic citations issued
to petitioner, not all of which were disclosed when she submitted her bar application,
and her failure to disclose her termination by two previous employers. 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 that
petitioner be admitted to the practice of law, or alternatively, granted conditional
admission. Neither party objected to this recommendation.
Considering the commissioner’s recommendation and the entire record of this
proceeding, we conclude petitioner is eligible to be admitted to the practice of law
in Louisiana, subject to the following conditions:
1. Petitioner shall continue to comply with the terms of the recovery agreeme
nt
she
signed with the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (“JLAP”) on July
14, 2020.
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2. The period of this conditional admission shall coincide with the period of
petitioner’s JLAP agreement. However, petitioner’s conditional admission
status shall not be terminated until this court so orders.
3. Petitioner shall authorize the Executive Director of JLAP to report any
violations of the JLAP agreement to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel
(“ODC”).
4. Upon the expiration of the term of petitioner’s JLAP agreement, the Executive
Director of JLAP shall forward to the ODC (a) a final report of petitioner’s
progress and participation in JLAP, and (b) a recommendation regarding the
need for petitioner’s continued participation in JLAP.
5. Following receipt of the report from JLAP, the ODC shall file a report in this
court in which it shall recommend whether the conditional admission shall be
allowed to terminate or shall be extended.
6. Petitioner shall cooperate with JLAP and the ODC, and shall comply with any
and all requirements imposed upon her by JLAP and the ODC.
7. During the period of the conditional admission, petitioner shall provide
evidence to the ODC, on at least a quarterly basis, demonstrating that she has
made a good faith effort to satisfy her financial obligations.
Should petitioner fail to make a good fai th effort to satisfy these conditions,
or should she commit any misconduct during the period of probation, her conditional
right to practice may be terminated or she may be subjected to other discipline
pursuant to the Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement.

CONDITIONAL ADMISSION GRANTED.