08/10/2021

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

PR 06-0422 AUG 1 0 2021 B()NNE: nGrc.:nnvvooct Clerk of Suorerna Court Statt4 nr Mnntana IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF ORDER MARK BUCKNER PULLIN

Mark Buckner Pullin has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirement for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes ofPullin's application 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.

Pullin passed the MPRE in 1985 when seeking admission to the practice of law in California. Pullin was admitted to the California State Bar. The petition states that Pullin has practiced since 1985 and that "he has never been the subject of any ethical or disciplinary inquiry by the military, the State of California, or any of Petitioner's employers." Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of Mark Buckner Pullin to waive the three-year test requirement for the MPRE for purposes of Pullin's 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 Exami rs at the State Bar of Montana.

DATED this 1 6 day of August, 2021.

Chief Justice ).• JI•1L