Application of T. Z.-A. O.

In this case, we are asked to reconsider the denial of the application for admission to the Bar of Maryland of T.Z.-A.O. (“Movant”), 1 who: (1) has demonstrated a consistent pattern of financial irresponsibility; (2) completed and signed a car loan application which included false financial information and failed to include information about a recent bankruptcy; and (3) failed to disclose a prior arrest and conviction on his law school application. Both the Character Committee for the Fifth Appellate Circuit (“the Committee”) and the State Board of Law Examiners (“the Board”) recommended that…