03/02/2021

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: PR 06-0422

PR 06-0422

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF ORDER ERIC C. WAREHAM

Eric C. Wareham has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirernent for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes of applying for admission 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. Wareham passed the MPRE in 2012 when seeking admission to the practice of law in the State of Oregon, where Wareham was admitted. Wareham has practiced law "for 9 years without any ethical or disciplinary issues in any jurisdiction where licensed or where admitted pro hac vice." Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Eric C. Wareham to waive the three-year test requirement for the MPRE for purposes of a 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 ofBar Examiners at the State Bar of Montana.

DATED this z, day of March, 2021.

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