In Re: Committee On Bar Admissions Cfn -282324

Supreme Court of Louisiana
June 28, 2022
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS
CFN
-282324 No. 2021-BA-01684
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E: Confidential Party - Applicant Other; Petition for Admission to the Louisiana
Bar;
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June 28, 2022
Conditional admission granted. See per curiam.
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06/28/2022 "See News Release 029 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
NO.
2021-BA-1684
I
N RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-282324
B
AR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING
P
ER CURIAM
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etitioner applied to take the Louisiana Bar Examination. The Committee on
Bar Admissions (“Committee”) advised petitioner that it could not certify her to take
the bar exam on character and fitness grounds. Petitioner then applied to this court
for permission to take the bar exam. We granted the application, with the condition
that upon peti tioner’s successful completion of the exam, s 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 Character and
Fitness to conduct an investigation and appointed a commissioner to take character
and fitness evidence. The primary issue raised during the proceedings was
petitioner’s receipt of benefits from Louisiana’s food assistanc e and child care
assistance programs when she was not eligible for such assistance, and her failure to
adhere to an agreement to make restitution to the State for these benefits in lieu of
prosecution.
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.
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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:
I. 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.
II. Within thirty days of petitioner ’s admission, she shall enter into a formal
plan with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) incorporating the following
condition:
A. During the period of this conditional admission, petitioner shall provide
evidence to the ODC, on at least a quarterly basis, demonstrating that she is making
a good faith effort to satisfy her financial obligations, including, but not limited to,
her outstanding debt owed to the State of Louisiana.
III. Petitioner shall cooperate with the ODC, and shall comply with any and
all requirements imposed upon her by the ODC.
IV. 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 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.