Title: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Kiefer

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

No. 28957

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, ”

  

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WILLIAM R. KIEFER, Respondent.

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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING 8
(ooe 07-020-8480)

ORDER OF PUBLIC CENSURE
Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

 

upon consideration of the Office of Disciplinary
Counsel's ex parte petition for issuance of reciprocal discipline
notice to Respondent William R. Kiefer, pursuant to Rule 2.15(b)
of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai's (RSCH),
the menorandum, affidavit, and exhibits thereto, Respondent
Kiefer's response thereto, and the record, it appears that: (2)
on Novenber 30, 2006, the State Bar Court of California publicly
reproved Respondent Kiefer for his ethical misconduct in two
cases, and ordered Kiefer to pay disciplinary costs and attached
conditions; (2) RSCH 2.15(b) requizes the same or substantially
equivalent discipline, or restrictions or conditions upon the
attorney's license to practice law in the state of Hawai't,
unless Respondent Kiefer 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 Kiefer filed a
response to our February 7, 2008 notice and order on April 11,
2008 that fails to show cause; (4) a substantially equivalent
discipline is warranted in this jurisdictions and (5) 2
substantially equivalent discipline in this jurisdiction is

public censure by the supreme court. Therefore,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent William R. Kiefer
is publicly censured in the state of Hawai'i.

IP IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent Kiefer shall (1)
comply with the conditions imposed by the State Bar Court of
california, or if he has already complied with said conditions,
show proof of such compliance, and (2) pay all costs of this
proceeding

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Honolulu, Hawai'i, April 29, 2008,

Evan R. Shirley, for Gre
respondent

Michael . Lee, (Btrieve

assistant disciplinary
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