In re Kashiwagi ( 2020 )

Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPR-XX-XXXXXXX
27-FEB-2020
11:39 AM
SCPR-XX-XXXXXXX
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I
IN RE KAORU KASHIWAGI, Petitioner.
(Foreign Law Consultant)
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
ORDER GRANTING PETITION
(By Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson JJ.)
Upon review of the February 12, 2020 petition submitted
to this court, made on behalf of Kaoru Kashiwagi, licensed in
this jurisdiction as a Foreign Law Consultant pursuant to Rule 14
of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai#i,
requesting permission to resign his Foreign Law Consultant
license, the declaration concerning his desire to resign, the
affidavits from the Hawai#i State Bar Association, the Office of
Disciplinary Counsel, and the Lawyers’ Fund for Client
Protection, averring to his good standing with those
organizations, and this court’s inherent power to oversee the
licensing of the practice of law in this jurisdiction, see
Akinaka v. Disciplinary Board of Hawai#i Supreme Court, 91 Hawai#i
51, 57, 979 P.2d 1077, 1083 (1999),
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk of this court
shall remove Mr. Kashiwagi’s name from the role of active Foreign
Law Consultants in this jurisdiction.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, February 27, 2020.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Michael D. Wilson
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