In re Kashiwagi

Opinion

Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCPR-XX-XXXXXXX

27-FEB-2020

11:39 AM

SCPR-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

IN RE KAORU KASHIWAGI, Petitioner.

(Foreign Law Consultant)

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

ORDER GRANTING PETITION

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

Upon review of the February 12, 2020 petition submitted to this court, made on behalf of Kaoru Kashiwagi, licensed in this jurisdiction as a Foreign Law Consultant pursuant to Rule 14 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai#i, requesting permission to resign his Foreign Law Consultant license, the declaration concerning his desire to resign, the affidavits from the Hawai#i State Bar Association, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, and the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, averring to his good standing with those organizations, and this court’s inherent power to oversee the licensing of the practice of law in this jurisdiction, see Akinaka v. Disciplinary Board of Hawai#i Supreme Court, 91 Hawai#i 51, 57, 979 P.2d 1077, 1083 (1999),

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition is granted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk of this court shall remove Mr. Kashiwagi’s name from the role of active Foreign Law Consultants in this jurisdiction.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, February 27, 2020.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson