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		2019-06-03-01 
	
The Supreme Court of South Carolina

In the  Matter of Howard B. Hammer, Petitioner.

        Appellate Case No. 2017-001062 

ORDER

By opinion dated March 30, 2016, this Court suspended  Petitioner from the practice of law for one year.  In re  Hammer, 415 S.C. 610, 784 S.E.2d 678 (2016).  Petitioner filed a petition for reinstatement  pursuant to Rule 33, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR.   After referral, the Committee on Character and Fitness filed a report  and recommendation recommending the Court reinstate Petitioner to the practice  of law.  We find petitioner has met the  requirements of Rule 33(f), RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR.  Accordingly, we grant the petition for  reinstatement.
 

s/Donald W. Beatty                        C.J.
s/John W. Kittredge                           J.
s/Kaye G. Hearn                                J.
s/George C. James, Jr.                      J.

I would deny the petition for reinstatement.

s/John Cannon Few                           J.
    

Columbia, South Carolina
  June 3, 2019