11/23/2021

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

PR 06-0422 NOV 2 3 2021 Bowen Greenwood Clerk of Supreme Court IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Stete of ti/lontina ORDER DAVID L. TOMENES

David L. Tomenes has petitioned the Court to waive the three-year test requirement for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) for purposes of Tomenes' 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 IVITRE taken "within three years preceding the date of the application for admission." Rule IV.A.3, Rules of Admission.

Tornenes passed the MPRE in 2016 when seeking admission to the practice of law in Minnesota. Tomenes was admitted to the State Bar of Minnesota in 2016 and was adrnitted to and remained a rnember in good standing of the State Bar of Minnesota since 2016. The petition states that David L. Toluenes has been practicing law "ethically and without incident" since 2016. Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition of David L. Tomenes to waive the three-year test requirement for the MPRE for purposes of Tomenes' current application for admission by rnotion 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 Examina at the State Bar of Montana.

DATED this day of November, 2021.

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