In re: Shimada

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: August 21, 2025
• Docket: SCPR-25-0000544
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPR-XX-XXXXXXX 21-AUG-2025 11:32 AM Dkt. 4 OGP

SCPR-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

IN RE RUTH M. SHIMADA, Petitioner.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

ORDER GRANTING PETITION TO RESIGN IN GOOD STANDING (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ.)

Upon consideration of the petition to resign from the

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

M. Shimada (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.

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 4019, from the roll of

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

this order.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, August 21, 2025.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens