In Re: Committee On Bar Admission Cfn-487087

Supreme Court of Louisiana
September 10, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSION
CFN-487087 No. 2024-BA-01354
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RE: Confidential Party - Applicant Other; Petition for Admission to the Louisiana
State Bar;
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September 10, 2025
Conditional admission granted. See per curiam.
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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
NO. 2024-BA-1354
IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-487087
BAR ADMISSIONS PROCEEDING
PER CURIAM
The Committee on Bar Admissions advised petitioner that it could not certify
him for admission on character and fitness grounds relating to his history of drug-
related criminal offenses. Petitioner then 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. Following the proceedings,
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. Petitioner shall continue to comply with the terms of the recovery
agreement he signed with the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (“JLAP”) on
March 13, 2025.
2. The period of this conditional admission shall coincide with the period of
petitioner’s JLAP agreement. However, petitioner ’s conditional admission status
shall not be terminated until this court so orders.

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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 him by JLAP and the ODC.
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.