Opinion ID: 6496173
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Careless Driving

Text: In December 2020, Applicant amended his law school application to reveal he received a uniform traffic ticket for careless operation of a vehicle in May 2012. Applicant told the law school he had NO CLUE where the ticket was from, despite a vague recollection of having received a warning, and that he intended to dispute the ticket. On his bar application, Applicant stated the May 2012 citation was related to his failure to stop at a stop sign. Applicant further explained he appeared in municipal court, where he was found guilty and paid a $120 fine. At the hearing, Applicant informed the Committee that he believed he failed to stop for a stop sign or rolled through a stop sign in his neighborhood, but he did not have a firm recollection of the events giving rise to the ticket. Applicant explained he disclosed the ticket after he obtained his driving record in the course of completing his bar admission application and remembered the ticket.