Petitions Relating to the Montana Bar Examination.

11/10/2020 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA FILED Case Number: PR 06-0422 PR 06-0422 NOV 1 0 2020 Bowen Greenwoo0 Clerk of Supreme Court State of Montana IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF ORDER DAVID J. LAKIN David J. Lakin has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirement for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes of his application for adrnission by motion to the State Bar of Montana. By rule, applicants for admission by motion must provide evidence of the requisite score on an MPRE taken "within three years preceding the date of the application for admission." Rule IV.A.3, Rules of Admission. Lakin passed the MPRE in 1993 when seeking admission to the practice of law in the State of Tennessee. He has "[Aracticed law continuously as a civil litigation and government lawyer for over 27 years, without any ethical or disciplinary action in any jurisdiction where licensed or admitted to practice law." Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of David J. Lakin to waive the three-year test requirement for the MPRE for purposes of his current application for admission by motion to the State Bar of Montana is GRANTED. The Clerk shall mail a copy of this order to Petitioner and to the Administrator of the Board of Bar Examiners at the State Bar of Montana. DATED this 1 6 "Tay of November, 2020. Chief Justice ~ Justices