Case ID: ohio-st-3d_87/html/0122-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      Per Curiam.\n    ", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In re Application of Kapel.
    [Cite as In re Application of Kapel (1999), 87 Ohio St.3d 122.]
    (No. 99-507
    Submitted July 28, 1999
    Decided October 13, 1999.)
    
      
      Richard J. Makowski, for Geauga County Bar Association.
    
      Alvin E. Mathews, Jr., for applicant.
   Per Curiam.

Gov.Bar R. I(12)(C)(6) provides that in the hearing on appeal to the Board of Commissioners on Character and Fitness from an adverse recommendation by a bar association admissions committee, “The burden of proof * * * shall be on the applicant to establish by clear and convincing evidence the applicant’s present character, fitness, and moral qualifications for admission to the practice of law in Ohio.” After reviewing the record, we also find that applicant did not present clear and convincing evidence of his qualifications.

Therefore, we concur with the board’s findings, conclusions, and recommendation. Applicant’s application to sit for the Ohio bar examination is hereby denied, and applicant is never to be admitted to the practice of law in Ohio.

Judgment accordingly.

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.

F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., dissent and would permit applicant to reapply in two years. 
      
      . Our review indicates that in October 1996, applicant applied to take the February 1997 bar examination. Our denial includes denial of that application.