Matter of Golia-Paladin

WHICHARD, Justice.

Applicant David Golia-Paladin, a 1973 graduate of Tulane School of Law, applied for admission to the North Carolina Bar by comity. He had been admitted to practice law in New York in 1978. A panel of the Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina (“Board”) denied the application on character and fitness grounds. Following applicant’s unsuccessful appeal to the full Board, he appealed the Board’s determination to Superior Court, Wake County. On 27 July 1995, the Honorable Stafford Bullock entered an order affirming the Board’s 25 January 1993 order. Applicant…