In re Committee on Bar Admissions CFN-3463

Summary

The Louisiana Supreme Court denied rehearing of a decision denying an applicant admission to the Louisiana bar. The court held that the applicant had not shown good moral character and fitness to practice law, citing a pattern of violent criminal conduct, lack of candor in law school applications and bar admission proceedings, and no relevant change in circumstances since the prior denial.

Holdings

1. A subsequent application for admission to the bar will not be considered absent a showing of facts relating to the applicant's character and fitness to practice law that have changed since the prior denial.
2. Petitioner failed to meet his burden of proving good moral character and fitness to practice law because his pattern of violent conduct and lack of candor demonstrated a fundamental lack of moral fitness.

Questions Presented

1. Whether petitioner demonstrated a relevant change in facts concerning his character and fitness sufficient to permit consideration of a second application for admission to the bar.
2. Whether petitioner's asserted improvement in anger-management issues and reliance on a recent settlement agreement warranted rehearing of the denial of his second application.

Disposition

other