In Re: Committee On Bar Admissions Cfn-340772
In Re: Committee On Bar Admissions Cfn-340772, No. 2022-BA-00419 (La. Dec. 20, 2022).
The holding in the court’s own words
12/20/22 Considering the commissioner’s recommendation and the entire record of this proceeding, we conclude petitioner is eligible to be admitted to t he practice of law in Louisiana.
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- 301 So. 3d 1186 not in our corpus
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Supreme Court of Louisiana
December 20, 2022
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS
CFN-340772 No. 2022-BA-00419
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N RE: Confidential Party - Applicant Other; Petition for the Appointment of a
Commissioner;
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December 20, 2022
Admission granted. See per curiam.
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12/20/2022 "See News Release 054 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
NO. 2022-BA-0419
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-340772
BAR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING
PER CURIAM
Petitioner applied to take the October 2020 Louisiana bar examination.
However, by letter dated August 4, 2020, the Committee on Bar Admissions
(“Committee”) advised petitioner that it could not certify him to take the bar exam
on character and fitness grounds. Petitioner then applied to this court for permission
to take the bar exam. On September 23, 2020 , the court granted petitioner
permission to sit for the bar exam, with the condition that , upon his successful
completion of the exam, he apply for the appointme nt of a commissioner to take
character and fitness evidence. In re: Committee on Bar Admissions CFN -340772,
20-1071 (La. 9/23/20), 301 So. 3d 1186.
Petitioner successfully passed the February 2021 bar exam. Petitioner then
applied to this court, seeking the appointment of a commissioner. 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 proceeding w as petitioner’s history
of arrests and his violation of Title IX while in law school.
Following a hearing, t he commissioner filed his report with this court,
recommending that petitioner be admitted to the practice of law. 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 t he practice of law
in Louisiana.