In the Matter of Michael P. Nash, Applicant to the Alaska Bar Association

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court vacated the Board of Governors' denial of Michael Nash's application for admission to the Alaska Bar. It held that the Board's dispositive candor finding rested on material misstatements of the record, that the evidence-destruction allegation was unsupported and could not rest solely on hearsay, and that the court's independent review showed Nash satisfied the applicable moral-character requirements. Justice Fabe, dissenting, would have remanded for a new impartial hearing because the hearing master's adverse credibility finding left unresolved questions about Nash's candor.