In re Fukumoto
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Opinion
Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCAD-XX-XXXXXXX 05-DEC-2019 08:31 AM
SCAD-XX-XXXXXXX
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I
In re: LESLIE S. FUKUMOTO (Bar No. 2708)
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
ORDER OF SUSPENSION (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)
Upon consideration of the November 5, 2019 order to
show cause issued upon Respondent Leslie Fukumoto, the proof of
service of the order upon him submitted by the Office of
Disciplinary Counsel (ODC), and the passage of the November 27,
2019 deadline set by operation of the order, proof of service,
and Rule 26(c) of the Hawai#i Rules of Appellate Procedure,
without a response by Respondent Fukumoto, and upon a review of
the entire record,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent Fukumoto is
suspended immediately from the practice of law, pursuant to
Rule 2.20(e) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of
Hawai#i (RSCH) until the completion of the trusteeship over his
law practice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that ODC shall assist the
Disciplinary Board in complying with the notice provisions of
RSCH Rule 2.16(e), and the clerk of the court shall transmit
copies of this order of suspension to all judges of the State of
Hawai#i, pursuant to RSCH Rule 2.16(f).
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, December 5, 2019.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Michael D. Wilson
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