In Re: Committee On Bar Admissions Cfn-817763

Supreme Court of Louisiana
January 11, 2023
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS
CFN-817763 No. 2021-BA-01533
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N RE: Confidential Party - Applicant Plaintiff; Petition for admission to the
Louisiana Bar;
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January 11, 2023
Conditional admission granted. See per curiam.
Crichton, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.
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01/11/2023 "See News Release 001 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
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021-BA-1533
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N RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-817763
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AR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING
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ER CURIAM
The Committee on Bar Admissions (“Committee”) denied petitioner’s
application to take the Louisiana Bar Examination, citing the following issues: (1)
petitioner was charged with domestic violence – assault in the fourth degree, and a
domestic violence no-contact order was issued against him; and (2) petitioner’s child
support payments are in arrears. Petitioner then applied to this court for permission
to take the bar exam. We granted the application, with the condition that upon
petitioner’s successful completion of the exam, he apply for the appointment of a
commissioner to take character and fitness evidence.
Upon passing the bar exam, and on petitioner’s application to this court, we
remanded this matter to the Committee on Bar Admissions Panel on Ch aracter 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 th e
practice of law. Neither party objected to this recommendation.
Considering the commissioner’s recommendation, the absence of any
objection from the parties, 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:
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The term of this conditional admission shall be for two years from the date of
admission. However, petitioner’ s conditional admission status shall not be
terminated until this court so orders.
I. Within thirty days of petitioner’s admission, he shall enter into a formal plan
with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) incorporating the following
conditions:
A. During the period of this conditional admission, petitioner shall comply
with all terms and conditions of his unsupervised probation in
Washington State.
B. During the period of this conditional admission, petitioner shall provide
evidence to the ODC, on at least a quarterly basis, demonstrating that
he has fully paid his monthly court-ordered child support obligation.
C. During the period of this conditional admission, petitioner shall enter
into a payment schedule for the amount of his child support obligation
that is in arrears. On at least a quarterly basis, petitioner shall prov ide
evidence to the ODC demonstrating that he has made payments in
accordance with the schedule.
D. Petitioner shall cooperate with the ODC, and shall comply with any and
all requirements imposed upon him by the ODC.
II. Within thirty days prior to the expiration of the conditional admission, the
ODC shall file a report in this court in which it shall recommend to the court
that the conditional admission be allowed to terminate or be extended.
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.