Crimes And Misdemeanors

The Louisiana Supreme Court denied admission to an applicant on the following grounds

Petitioner successfully passed the Louisiana Bar Examination. However, the Committee on Bar Admissions (“Committee”) notified petitioner that she would not be certified for admission to the bar on character and fitness grounds, citing the following criminal charges against her: (1) forgery, criminal use of personal identification information, fraud/making a false statement on a driver’s license application; (2) passing worthless checks (in two separate cases); (3) grand theft (a total of three counts in two separate cases); (4) forgery; (5) theft; and (6) a violation of probation. In addition, the Committee noted that petitioner had not fully disclosed her criminal history when she applied to law school. Petitioner then applied to this court.

The court

petitioner has failed to meet her burden of proving that she has “good moral character” to be admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association.

(Mike Frisch)