Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-30 22:03:55.598372+00
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Electronically Filed
                                                      Supreme Court
                                                      SCAD-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                      30-JAN-2023
                                                      10:05 AM
                                                      Dkt. 136 ORD

                          SCAD-XX-XXXXXXX

           IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

         DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE HAWAI#I SUPREME COURT,
                            Petitioner,

                                vs.

       MICHAEL JOHN COLLINS, II, aka MICHAEL CHARLES COLLINS,
     aka MICHAEL JOHN COLLINS, aka MICHAEL JOHN COLLINS, XXVII
                     (HI bar #9087), Respondent.

                        ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                         (ODC NO. 22-0051)

                ORDER DISSOLVING ORDER OF SUSPENSION
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)

           Upon consideration of the December 29, 2022

 declarations and exhibits submitted by Respondent Collins filed

 with regard to his pending October 3, 2022 motion to dissolve

 this court’s April 5, 2022 interim suspension of his law license,

 imposed pursuant to Rule 2.23 of the Rules of the Supreme Court

 of the State of Hawai#i (RSCH), the January 5, 2023 response from

 the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC), the January 19, 2023

 supplemental submission arranged by Respondent Collins, and the

 record in this matter, we conclude that Respondent Collins has

 made a good faith effort to comply with the terms of this court’s
May 31, 2022 and November 28, 2022 orders, and, importantly, is

currently cooperative with ODC in regards to his conduct which

led to the instant interim suspension.    Therefore,

          IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent Collins’s

October 3, 2022 motion to dissolve the April 5, 2022 interim

suspension is granted.   The April 5, 2022 order of suspension is

dissolved, without prejudice to ODC returning to this court for

further relief if it deems appropriate to do so.

          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent Collins shall not

return to the practice of law until he fulfills any and all

administrative requirements imposed by Rule 17(d) of the Rules of

the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai#i, administered by the

Hawai#i State Bar Association.

          DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, January 30, 2023.

                                     /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                     /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                     /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                     /s/ Michael D. Wilson

                                     /s/ Todd W. Eddins

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