Title: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Kloos

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

LAW LIBRARY

No, 29155

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'T

 

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner,

 

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BILL KLOOS, Respondent.

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(By: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.,
‘and Intermediate Court of Appeals Judge Foley,
assigned by reason of vacancy)

Upon consideration of the Office of Disciplinary

Counsel's ex parte petition for issuance of reciprocal discipline

notice to Respondent Bill Kloos, pursuant to Rule 2.15(b) of the

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

memorandum, affidavit, and exhibits thereto, the Declaration of
Charles H. Hite Regarding the May 30, 2008 Notice and Order, the
exhibits thereto, and the record, it appears that: (1) on
January 28, 2008, the Supree Court of Oregon publicly

reprimanded Respondent Kloos for his ethical misconduct in case

No. 07-99; (2) RSCH 2.15(b) requires the same or substantially
equivalent discipline, or restrictions or conditions upon the
attorney's license to practice law in the state of Hawai'i,
unless Respondent Kloos shall show cause under RSCH 2.15(c) as to
why imposition of the sane or substantially equivalent discipline

(2) Respondent Kloos has not filed a

 

should not be impose
response to our May 30, 2008 notice and order; (4) a
substantially equivalent discipline is warranted in this
jurisdiction: and (5) a substantially equivalent discipline in
this jurisdiction is public censure by the supreme court.
Therefore,

IT 18 HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent Bill Kloos is
publicly censured.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent Kloos shall pay
all costs of this proceeding.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 9, 2009.

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