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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE # 15 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinions handed down on the 22nd day of February, 2007 , are as follows:

PER CURIAM :

2006-OB-0136

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

02/22/2007 SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 06-OB-0136 IN RE: DAVID CHRISTIAN BROWN

ON APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR

PER CURIAM
The Committee on Bar Admissions ("Committee") opposed the application of petitioner, David Christian Brown, to sit for the Louisiana Bar Examination based on character and fitness concerns primarily relating to his record of five arrests for driving while intoxicated. 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. In re: Brown, 04-1713 (La. 7/12/04), 877 So. 2d 988. 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 to conduct an investigation into petitioner's qualifications to be admitted to the bar. The commissioner conducted a character and fitness hearing in January 2005, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XVII,

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