In Re: Committee On Bar Admissions Cfn-723868

Supreme Court of Louisiana
September 19, 2023
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS
CFN-723868 No. 2022-BA-01561
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IN
RE: Confidential Party - Applicant Other; Petition for Admission to the Louisiana
Bar;
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September 19, 2023
Admission denied. See per curiam.
Hughes, J., would grant conditional admission.
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JLW
SJC
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09/19/2023 "See News Release 040 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
NO. 2022-BA-1561
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-723868
BAR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING
PER CURIAM
Petitioner applied to take the Louisiana Bar Examination. The Committee on
Bar Admissions 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. 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, petitioner applied to this court for 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 s raised
during the proceeding s were (1) petitioner’s criminal history; (2) his pattern of
undergraduate misconduct; (3) his lack of candor in applying to law school and in
submitting his applications to the National Conference of Bar Examiners; and (4)
his neglect of his financial obligations.
Following the proceedings, the commissioner filed his report with this court,
recommending petitioner’s application for admission be denied. Neither party
objected to this recommendation.
After reviewing the evidence and considering the law, we conclude petitioner
has failed to meet h is burden of proving that he has “good moral character” to be
admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association. See Supreme Court Rule XVII, §

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5(D). Accordingly, it is ordered that the application for admission be and hereby is
denied. In accordance with Supreme Court Rule XVII, § 9(D)(13), petitioner may
not re-apply for admission until one year has passed from the date of this judgment.

ADMISSION DENIED.