Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCAD-12-0000726
14-JAN-2013
01:24 PM
SCAD-12-0000726
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner,
vs.
LAWRENCE EDWIN CONDIT, Respondent.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(ODC 11-017-8941)
ORDER
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.)
Upon consideration of the August 22, 2012 petition from
the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) seeking a notice and
order for reciprocal discipline upon Respondent Lawrence Edwin
Condit, Respondent Condit’s response, this court’s October 9,
2012 order directing the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court
of the State of Hawai#i to seek the consent of both parties to
the imposition of a private reprimand, ODC’s subsequent consent,
the service of the October 9, 2012 order upon Respondent Condit,
and his lack of response, this court finds that, on April 28,
2010, the Probable Cause Panelist of the State Bar of Arizona
imposed upon Condit an informal reprimand, a two-year period of
probation, costs, and further training, in light of Respondent
Condit’s breach of client confidences, continuing representation
of a client while engaged in litigation against that same client,
and failure to timely return client files, in violation of Rules
1.6(a), 1.7(a)(2), and 1.16(d) of the Arizona Rules of
Professional Conduct, and which, if committed in this
jurisdiction, would constitute violations of Rules 1.6(a),
1.7(b), and 1.16(d) of the Hawai#i Rules of Professional Conduct
(HRPC). In addition, this court finds Respondent Condit in
violation of HRPC Rule 8.4(d) for his failure to cooperate during
the course of a disciplinary proceeding for his failure to
respond to this court’s October 9, 2012 order. In his earlier
submission, Condit did not demonstrate any conditions set forth
in Rule 2.15(c) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of
Hawai#i (RSCH) exist that would counsel against the imposition of
reciprocal discipline. Therefore, reciprocal discipline,
pursuant to RSCH Rule 2.15(c) and (d), being authorized and
justified,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent Lawrence Edwin
Condit is publicly censured, pursuant to RSCH Rule 2.3(a)(3).
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent Condit
shall pay all costs of the proceedings, as approved upon a timely
submission of a bill of costs, as prescribed by RSCH Rule 2.3(c).
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IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that, in light of the public
nature of the discipline imposed, the clerk shall re-classify the
proceedings as public.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, January 14, 2013.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
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