Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
15404
29-APR-2021
08:19 AM
Dkt. 48 ORD
NO. 15404
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner,
vs.
KATHY J. GUMPEL, Respondent.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(ODC 89-174-2698, 89-225-2749, 90-054-2872)
ORDER
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)
Upon consideration of the April 22, 2021 motion, filed
by Bradley Tamm as Trustee Administrator at the Office of
Disciplinary Counsel (ODC), pursuant to both Rule 2.20 of the
Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawaiʻi (RSCH) (1991)
and RSCH Rule 2.20 (2021), to cull the unclaimed client files
remaining from the practice of incapacitated attorney Kathy J.
Gumpel for all legally operative original documents or other
documents of value, and to thereafter destroy the remainder of
the files, and upon a review of the record in this matter, which
is more than 30 years old, we conclude the motion is justified.
Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is granted.
Trustee Administrator Tamm shall cull any files in ODC’s
possession related to attorney Gumpel’s former practice and shall
scan and upload into the electronic record of this case those
documents identified as legally operative, original documents or
other documents of value, or seek further instructions from this
court should such electronic preservation prove impractical.
Tamm thereafter may, at his discretion, proceed with the secure
destruction of the remaining client documents in this
trusteeship.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, April 29, 2021.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Michael D. Wilson
/s/ Todd W. Eddins
2