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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE # 9 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinions handed down on the 22nd day of February, 2006 , are as follows:

PER CURIAM :

2004-OB-2494

IN RE: SEAN O. LAUGHLIN (Committee on Bar Admissions) Accordingly, it is ordered that the application for admission be and hereby is denied.

02/22/2006 SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 04-OB-2494 IN RE: SEAN O. LAUGHLIN

ON APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR

PER CURIAM
The Committee on Bar Admissions ("Committee") opposed the application of petitioner, Sean O. Laughlin, to sit for the Louisiana Bar Examination based on character and fitness concerns relating to his 2000 felony conviction of attempted possession of a controlled dangerous substance (MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy). We subsequently granted petitioner permission to sit for the bar exam, with the condition that upon his successful completion of the exam, he apply to the court for the appointment of a commissioner to take character and fitness evidence.1 Petitioner thereafter successfully passed the essay portion of the bar exam, and upon his application, we 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. We also authorized the Office of Disciplinary Counsel ("ODC") to conduct an investigation into petitioner's qualifications to be admitted to the bar. The commissioner conducted a character and fitness hearing in June and July 2005, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XVII,

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