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Electronically Filed
                                                        Supreme Court
                                                        SCAD-12-0000694
                                                        05-OCT-2012
                                                        08:51 AM

                        NO. SCAD-12-0000694

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

        OFFICE OF THE DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner,

                                vs.

                  ALLISON L. JACOBS, Respondent.

                        ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

                         (ODC 12-029-9045)

                ORDER IMPOSING INTERIM SUSPENSION

 (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.)

          Upon consideration of the petition from the Office of

Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) for issuance of a reciprocal

discipline notice to Respondent Allison Jacobs, the memorandum,

affidavit, and exhibits appended thereto, ODC’s September 28,

2012 submission regarding service upon Jacobs, and the record, it

appears that, on November 14, 2011, the Connecticut Superior

Court of the Judicial District of New Haven suspended Respondent

Jacobs from the practice of law until further review, pursuant to

Section 2-42 of the Connecticut Practice Book, in light of

Respondent Jacob’s failure to timely respond to disciplinary

proceedings and for admitted misappropriations of client funds,

in violation of Rules 1.15, 8.1(2), 8.4(3) and 8.4(4) of the

Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct.   It further appears

from the record that service upon Respondent Jacobs of this

court’s notice and order, entered pursuant to Rule 2.15 of the

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

accompanying certified copy of the Connecticut order, was

complete upon mailing on August 15, 2012, pursuant to RSCH Rules

2.11(a) and 17(d)(1).   It also appears that Jacobs has not

responded to the notice and order by the 30-day deadline of

September 14, 2012, imposed by RSCH Rule 2.15(b).   Therefore,

reciprocal discipline, pursuant to RSCH Rule 2.15(c) and (d),

being authorized and justified,

          IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent Allison Jacobs is

placed on interim suspension, effective with the filing of this

order, until further order of this court, pursuant to RSCH Rules

2.15(c), 2.15(d) and 2.23.

          DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, October 5, 2012.

                               /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                               /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                               /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

                               /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                               /s/ Richard W. Pollack 

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