In re Application of Griffin

{¶ 1} Hassan Jonathan Griffin of Columbus, Ohio, has applied to register as a candidate for admission to the Ohio bar and had filed an application to retake the Ohio bar examination administered in February 2010. Citing the applicant’s student-loan and credit-card debt, part-time employment, and lack of a feasible plan to satisfy his financial obligations, the board recommends that we disapprove his character, fitness, and moral qualifications at present and that we permit the applicant to apply for the February 2011 bar exam. We accept the board’s recommendation to disapprove the pending…