Case Title: In re Kashiwagi

Citation: 

Docket Number: SCPR-20-0000069

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2020-02-27T00:00:00Z

Document:
SCPR-20-0000069 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), Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPR-20-0000069 27-FEB-2020 11:39 AM 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 2