In Re: Committee On Bar Admissions Cfn-253914

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 21, 2023
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS
CFN-253914 No. 2023-BA-00526
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RE: Confidential Party - Applicant Other; Petition for Admission to the Louisiana
Bar;
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November 21, 2023
Conditional admission granted. See per curiam.
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11/21/2023 "See News Release 051 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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UPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
NO. 2
023-BA-0526
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N RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-253914
B
AR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING
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ER CURIAM
Petitioner passed the Louisiana Bar Examination. The Committee on Bar
Admissions (“Committee”) subsequently declined to certify petitioner for admission
on character and fitness grounds. 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, which primarily focused upon
petitioner’s past dishonest conduct, 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.
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etitioner shall execute a one -year mental health monitoring agreement
with the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (“JLAP”). In addition to the
standard provisions of such an agreement, the mental health monitoring agreement
executed by petitioner shall include the following conditions: (a) petitioner shall
attend individual therapy with a JLAP -approved provider; ( b) petitioner shall
execute a release and instruct her therapist to submit written progress reports to JLAP
on a quarterly basis; and (c) petitioner shall remain compliant with her medication
regimen.
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2. The period of this conditional admission shall coinci de with the period of
petitioner’s JLAP agreement. However, petitioner ’s conditional admission status
shall not be terminated until this court so orders.
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 her by JLAP and the ODC.
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 s he may be subjected to other discipline
pursuant to the Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement.

CONDITIONAL ADMISSION GRANTED.