In re Application of Daubenmire

{¶ 1} Zachary Charles Daubenmire of Thornville, Ohio, is a 2011 graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and has applied as a candidate for admission to the Ohio bar. The Licking County Bar Association recommended approval of his application, with qualifications. Because Daubenmire had been convicted of a felony — pandering obscenity involving a minor — in 2007, the Board of Commissioners on Character and Fitness conducted an investigation pursuant to Gov.Bar R. I(11)(D)(5)(a).

{¶ 2} Following a hearing, in which a panel of the board heard testimony from Daubenmire and four…