Opinion
No. 29722
July 1, 2009.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING.
By: MOON, C.J., NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, DUFFY, and RECKTENWALD, JJ.
ORDER GRANTING RECONSIDERATION AND PETITION TO RESIGN AND SURRENDER LICENSE
Upon consideration of Petitioner Margaret L. Sanders' Motion to Reconsider Order Denying Petition to Resign and Surrender License and the attached affidavits, it appears: (1) Petitioner Sanders was formerly Margaret L. Dorothy who is assigned attorney number 4681; (2) Petitioner Sanders was unable to timely file a petition to resign and surrender license in 2008 because of illness and medical treatment; (3) Petitioner Sanders is currently administratively suspended due to nonpayment of her 2009 bar dues and fees. Petitioner Sanders is unable to pay her 2009 bar dues and fees because of her illness and medical treatment, and asks the court to waive her 2009 bar dues and fees; and (4) Petitioner Sanders' petition otherwise complies with the requirements of RSCH 1.10. Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner Sanders' Motion for Reconsideration is granted, and the order entered on June 3, 2009 denying Petitioner Sanders' RSCH 1.10 petition and dismissing Petitioner Sanders' petition for waiver of her 2009 bar dues and fees is vacated. Petitioner Sanders' RSCH 1.10 petition to resign and surrender her license to practice law in Hawai'i and her petition for waiver of her 2009 bar dues and fees are granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner Sanders shall return her original license to practice law to the Clerk of this court forthwith. The Clerk shall retain the original license as part of this record. Petitioner Sanders shall comply with the notice, affidavit, and record requirements of sections (a), (b), (d), and (g) of RSCH 2.16.
IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that the Clerk shall remove the name of Margaret L. Sanders, attorney number 4681, from the roll of attorneys of the State of Hawai'i, effective with the filing of this order.