Case Title: In re Application of Kloeker

Citation: 2013-Ohio-4574

Docket Number: 2013-0438

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

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

Document:
[Cite as In re Application of Kloeker, 2013-Ohio-4574.] 
IN RE APPLICATION OF KLOEKER. 
[Cite as In re Application of Kloeker, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2013-Ohio-4574.] 
Pending application for admission to take the Ohio bar examination 
disapproved—Applicant may reapply to take the July 2015 bar 
examination. 
(No. 2013-0438—Submitted May 8, 2013—Decided October 23, 2013.) 
ON REPORT BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON CHARACTER AND FITNESS OF THE 
SUPREME COURT, NO. 533. 
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{¶ 1} On March 19, 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 Christopher Carroll Kloeker’s application to take the Ohio bar 
examination be disapproved and that he be permitted to apply for the July 2014 
bar examination.  The applicant did not file objections.  On June 18, 2013, the 
court granted, in part, Kloeker’s motion to seal the record. 
{¶ 2} On consideration of the board’s report, the court adopts the board’s 
finding that Kloeker has failed to prove that he currently possesses the requisite 
character, fitness, and moral qualifications for admission to the practice of law in 
Ohio and hereby orders that Kloeker’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 Kloeker may reapply to take the Ohio bar 
examination.  Accordingly, it is further ordered that Kloeker is permitted to 
reapply for the July 2015 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 O’DONNELL, KENNEDY, and FRENCH, JJ., concur. 
PFEIFER, LANZINGER, and O’NEILL, JJ., concur in part and dissent in part 
and would allow the applicant to reapply for the July 2014 bar examination as 
recommended by the Board of Commissioners on Character and Fitness.