In re Cowles ( 2018 )

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPR-18-0000014 07-FEB-2018 SCPR-18-0000014 08:58 AM IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I IN RE ROBERT A. COWLES, Petitioner. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ORDER GRANTING PETITION TO RESIGN AND SURRENDER LICENSE (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.) Upon consideration of Petitioner Robert A. Cowles’s petition to resign and surrender his license to practice law in the State of Hawai#i, filed pursuant to Rule 1.10 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai#i (RSCH), and of the affidavits and exhibits in support thereof, we conclude Petitioner Cowles has fully complied with the requirements of RSCH Rule 1.10. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition is granted, nunc pro tunc to December 29, 2017. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to RSCH Rule 1.10(g), that the Petitioner shall comply with the notice, affidavit, and record requirements of RSCH Rules 2.16(a), (b), (d), and (g). IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that the Clerk shall remove the name of Petitioner Robert A. Cowles, attorney number 2688, from the roll of attorneys of the State of Hawai#i, effective with the filing of this order. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, February 7, 2018. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson