In Re Application of Tynes

{¶ 1} Applicant, John David Tynes, is a candidate for admission to the practice of law in Ohio. After investigating Tynes’s character, fitness, and moral qualifications to practice law, the admissions committee of the Cincinnati Bar Association recommended that his application be disapproved. Tynes appealed that recommendation to the Board of Commissioners on Character and Fitness pursuant to Gov.Bar R. I(12)(A).

{¶ 2} A panel of the board conducted a hearing and issued a report finding that Tynes was convicted in 1998 by a court-martial for multiple felony offenses arising from his attempts…