Case Title: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Vassar

Citation: 

Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

Document:
No. 28687

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'T

 

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner

 

JOHN C. VASSAR, Respondent

 

(DC 07-119-8579) e
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(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

 

Upon consideration of the Office of Disciplinary
Counsel’s petition for issuance of reciprocal discipline notice
to Respondent John C, Vassar, pursuant to Rule 2.15(b) of the

Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai'i (RSCH), the

to, and the record, it

 

memorandum, affidavit, and exhibits the:

appears that:
(1) on dune 19, 2007, the Supreme Court of the state

of New York, Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department
disbarred Respondent Vassar from the practice of law in New York,
pursuant to New York's Judiciary Law § 90(4), based on his 2003
felony conviction for unlawful inprisonment in the first degree
in the State of New York;

(2) RSCH 2.15(b) requires the sane or substantially
equivalent discipline, or restrictions or conditions upon the
attorney's license to practice law in the State of Hawai'i,
unless Respondent Vassar shall show cause under RSCH 2.15(c) as

to why imposition of the same or substantially equivalent

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discipline should not be imposed;

(3) Respondent Vassar had not filed a response to cur
August 28, 2007 notice and order; and

(4) the same discipline is warranted in this
jurisdiction.

Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent John C. Vassar is
disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Hawai't.
Notwithstanding RSCH 2.16(c), Respondent Vassar’s disbarment is
effective upon entry of this order.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent Vassar’ s
reinstatenent in the State of Hawai'i is conditioned upon
(2) payment of all costs of this proceeding, and (2) full
reinstatement to the practice of law in New York.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, Novenber 19, 2007.
carole R. Richelieu, chief hm
Disciplinary Counsel, for
petitioner, on the petition. -
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