Case Title: In re Application of Washington

Citation: 2013-Ohio-4573

Docket Number: 2013-0427

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2013-10-23T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as In re Application of Washington, 2013-Ohio-4573.] 
 
IN RE APPLICATION OF WASHINGTON. 
[Cite as In re Application of Washington, ___ Ohio St.3d ____, 2013-Ohio-4573.] 
Pending application for admission to take the Ohio bar examination 
disapproved—Applicant may reapply to take the July 2016 bar 
examination. 
(No. 2013-0427—Submitted May 8, 2013—Decided October 23, 2013.) 
ON REPORT BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON CHARACTER AND FITNESS OF THE 
SUPREME COURT, NO. 531. 
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{¶ 1} On March 15, 2013, the Board of Commissioners on Character and 
Fitness filed its final report in this court pursuant to Gov.Bar R. I(12)(E), 
recommending that Karyn Marie Washington’s application to take the Ohio bar 
examination be disapproved and that she be permitted to apply for the February 
2015 bar examination.  The applicant did not file objections.  On June 18, 2013, 
the court granted, in part, Washington’s motion to seal the record. 
{¶ 2} On consideration of the board’s report, the court adopts the board’s 
finding that Washington has failed to prove that she currently possesses the 
requisite character, fitness, and moral qualifications for admission to the practice 
of law in Ohio and hereby orders that Washington’s pending application be 
disapproved.  Based on the court’s review of the record, the court also finds that a 
longer waiting period is required before Washington may reapply to take the Ohio 
bar examination.  Accordingly, it is further ordered that Washington is permitted 
to reapply for the July 2016 bar examination pursuant to the requirements of 
Gov.Bar R. I, including completion of a new character-and-fitness investigation. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, 
FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ., concur. 
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