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Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Partington

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
Feb 29, 2012
SCAD-11-0000162 (Haw. Feb. 29, 2012)

Summary

concluding that an attorney’s factual omissions in an appellate brief violated RPC 3.3

Summary of this case from Dunlap v. Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility of Supreme Court

Opinion

SCAD-11-0000162

02-29-2012

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. EARLE A. PARTINGTON, Respondent.


ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(ODC 10-079-8913)


ORDER

(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ.,

and Intermediate Court of Appeals Chief Judge Nakamura,

in place of Acoba, J., recused)

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to Rule 2.17(b) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai'i (RSCH), that Respondent Partington is reinstated to the practice of law in this jurisdiction.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, February 29, 2012.

Mark E. Recktenwald

Paula A. Nakayama

James E. Duffy, Jr.

Sabrina S. McKenna

Craig H. Nakamura


Summaries of

Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Partington

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
Feb 29, 2012
SCAD-11-0000162 (Haw. Feb. 29, 2012)

concluding that an attorney’s factual omissions in an appellate brief violated RPC 3.3

Summary of this case from Dunlap v. Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility of Supreme Court
Case details for

Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Partington

Case Details

Full title:OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. EARLE A. PARTINGTON…

Court:SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

Date published: Feb 29, 2012

Citations

SCAD-11-0000162 (Haw. Feb. 29, 2012)

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