Title: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Blair

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

No. 28824

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'T

 

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner,

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SAMUEL R. BLAIR, Respondent. aE

 

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(00c 07-087-8547)

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RECIPROCAL DISBARMENT ORDER
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

Upon consideration of the Office of Disciplinary
Counsei’s petition for issuance of reciprocal discipline notice
to Respondent Samuel R. Blair, pursuant to Rule 2.15(b) of the
Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai'i (RSCH), the
menorandum, affidavit, and exhibits appended thereto, and the

record, it appears that:

(1) on October 4, 2007, the Supreme Court of the state
of Oregon entered an order accepting Respondent Blair's
resignation from the practice of law in Oregon while disciplinary
matters were pending:

(2) RSCH 2.15(b) requires the sane or substantially
equivalent discipline in the State of Hawai'i, unless Respondent
Blair shall show cause under RSCH 2.15(c) as to why imposition of
the same or substantially equivalent discipline should not be
imposed:

(3) Respondent Blair has not filed a response to our

November 26, 2007 notice and order; and

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(4) a substantially equivalent discipline (disbarment
= s9@ RSCH 2.14(4)) is warranted in this jurisdiction.
Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent Samuel R. Blair is
disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Hawai'i.
Notwithstanding RSCH 2.16(c), Respondent Blair's disbarment is
effective upon entry of this order.

IT 18 FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent Blair’s
reinstatement in the State of Hawai'i is conditioned (1) upon
payment of all costs of this proceeding, and (2) compliance with
ASCH 2.16.

 

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, February 6, 2008.

Grw—
carole R. Richelieu,

Chief Disciplinary Counsel, .
for petitioner Slice DkiLarrnee~

Samuel R. Blair, Esq.,

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