Court Cases on Character & Fitness:

 

A comprehensive compilation of character and fitness cases from the National Conference of Bar Examiners

Note: These are mostly state cases that unfortunately promote the preservation of administrative latitude for licensing officials.

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Two important cases that were decided in 2003 and 2004 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit:

Dubuc v. Mich. Bd. of Law Examiners, 342 F.3d 610 (6th Cir. 2003) and Dean v. Byerley, 354 F.3d 540 (6th Cir. 2004)

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Prominent and highly respected Florida and Michigan civil rights attorney, Robert D. Horvath's three-page article in the December edition of the Michigan Bar Journal, 82 Michigan Bar Journal 9 (Dec. 2003).  Click here to view
An important case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Roe #2 v Ogden, 253 F.3d 1225 (10th Cir. 2001) Click here to view

You Can Watch A Very Interesting Video - click here to see the Florida Supreme Court struggle to get FBBE General Counsel Thomas Pobjecky to simply answer the question "what more could Mr. Hanlon have done?"  (Click on Media Player for case # 04-185, Florida Board of Bar Examiners Re: W.F.H.)

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