In Re: Committee On Bar Admissions Cfn-758139

Supreme Court of Louisiana
April 05, 2022
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS
CFN-758139 No. 2021-BA-00086
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N RE: Confidential Party - Applicant Other; Petition for Admission to the Louisiana
Bar;
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April 05, 2022
Conditional admission granted. See per curiam.
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04/05/2022 "See News Release 015 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
NO.
2021-BA-0086
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N RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-758139
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AR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING
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ER CURIAM
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etitioner passed the Louisiana Bar Examination. The Committee on Bar
Admissions (“Committee”) subsequently declined to certify petitioner for
admission, citing his lack of candor on his bar application regarding his history of
criminal offenses and his history of attorney disciplinary complaints filed against
him in another state. 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 conditionally admitted to the practice of law.
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 agreement
he signed wit h the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (“JLAP”)
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ovember 30, 2020.
2. The period of this conditional admission shall coincide with the period of
petitioner’s JLAP agreement. However, petitioner’s conditional admissi
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tus shall not be terminated until this court so orders.
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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 him by JLAP and the ODC.
Should petitioner fail to make a good faith effort to satisfy these conditions,
or should he commit any misconduct during the period of probation, his conditional
right to practice may be terminated or he may be subjected to other discipline
pursuant to the Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement.

CONDITIONAL ADMISSION GRANTED.