IN RE COOK

No. S08Z0218.

668 S.E.2d 665 (2008)

In re William Jerald COOK.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied November 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Joseph Smith, Dalton, for Appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Debrae' Charlene Kennedy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sarah Evans Lockwood, Office of Bar Admissions, Atlanta, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

William Jerald Cook appeals from the final decision of the Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants denying his application for certification of fitness to practice law. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the Board's decision.

"Throughout the application process, the burden clearly rests upon the applicant to prove that he possesses the requisite character and moral fitness to practice law."1 Here, because Cook...

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