In re: Hughes

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: December 19, 2025
• Docket: SCPR-25-0000877
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPR-XX-XXXXXXX 19-DEC-2025 04:04 PM Dkt. 6 OGP

SCPR-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

IN RE ELEANORDAWN R. HUGHES, Petitioner.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

ORDER GRANTING PETITION TO RESIGN IN GOOD STANDING (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Intermediate Court of Appeals Chief Judge Nakasone, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Upon consideration of the petition to resign from the

practice of law in the State of Hawaiʻi, filed by attorney

Eleanordawn R. Hughes (Petitioner), pursuant to Rule 1.10 of the

Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawaiʻi (RSCH), which

the court construes as also seeking to retain the paper license

as a memento, as authorized by RSCH Rule 1.10(b), and the

declarations submitted in support thereof, we conclude that

Petitioner has complied with the requirements of RSCH Rule 1.10.1

1 Although Hawaiʻi State Bar Association (HSBA) executive director Catherine Ann Betts’ declaration, attached in support of the petition, misidentifies Petitioner’s bar number, Ms. Betts’ representation of Petitioner’s license status as “INACTIVE VOLUNTARY” comports with Petitioner’s status information on HSBA’s website. It thus appears that the Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition to

resign is granted. Petitioner may retain the paper license as a

memento.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED pursuant to RSCH Rule 1.10(g)

that Petitioner shall comply with the notice, declaration, and

record requirements of RSCH Rule 2.16(a), (b), (d) and (g).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall remove the

name of Petitioner, attorney number 9842, from the roll of

attorneys of the State of Hawaiʻi, effective with the filing of

this order.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, December 19, 2025.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

/s/ Karen T. Nakasone

substantive information as to Petitioner’s status is correct, and Ms. Betts’ declaration is sufficient. See RSCH Rule 1.10(c)(ii) (requiring declaration of the HSBA executive director attesting to the petitioner’s current status). 2