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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE # 18 FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinions handed down on the 4th day of April, 2006 , are as follows:

PER CURIAM : 2004-OB-2364 IN RE: VALENTINA LAMONT (Committee on Bar Admissions) Accordingly, it ordered that the application by petitioner seeking permission to sit for the Louisiana Bar Examination be and hereby is permanently denied.

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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 04-OB-2364 IN RE: VALENTINA LaMONT

ON APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO SIT FOR THE LOUISIANA BAR EXAMINATION

PER CURIAM
Petitioner, Valentina LaMont, failed the February 2004 Louisiana Bar Examination. Thereafter, the Committee on Bar Admissions ("Committee") opposed petitioner's application to sit for the February 2005 bar exam, based upon information indicating that she had cheated or attempted to cheat on the February exam by speaking to the applicant seated next to her during the Civil Code III examination. Petitioner applied to this court, seeking permission to sit for the February 2005 bar exam. We denied the application and appointed the Office of Disciplinary Counsel to conduct an investigation into petitioner's qualifications to be admitted to the bar. We also appointed a commissioner to take evidence and report to this court whether petitioner possesses the appropriate character and fitness to be admitted to the bar and allowed to practice law in the State of Louisiana. Our order provided that upon receipt of the commissioner's report addressing his "specific findings with regard to the allegations against petitioner relating to her conduct during the February 2004 Louisiana Bar Examination," we would make a determination whether petitioner would be permitted to sit for a future bar examination. The commissioner conducted a character and fitness hearing pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XVII,

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