In Re the Application for Admission to the Bar of Jeb F.

ORDER The Court having considered the unfavorable recommendations of the State Board of Law Examiners and the Character Committee for the Eighth Judicial Circuit, and; The Court having ordered that a hearing be held to allow Jeb F. to show cause why the unfavorable recommendations of the Board and Character Committee should be rejected and the applicant be admitted to the Bar of Maryland, and; The burden being upon the applicant at all times to prove that he presently possesses the requisite moral character and fitness to be admitted to the Bar of Maryland, In Re Application of G.L.S., 292 Md. 378, 398 , 439 A.2d 1107 (1982), and; The recommendation of the Board that the applicant has failed to carry this burden of proof being entitled to great weight, In Re Application of Charles M., 313 Md. 168, 178 , 545 A.2d 7 (1988), and; The Court having conducted a hearing and having made an independent evaluation of the applicant’s present moral character based upon the records made by the Character Committee and the Board, and as supplemented by the applicant, In Re Application of Allan S., 282 Md. 683, 691 , 387 A.2d 271 (1978), and; The Court having considered the opinions of the Character Committee and the Board, and having also considered the reasons presented by the