DISCIPLINARY BD. OF HAWAII, ETC. v. BERGAN

No. 6588.

592 P.2d 814 (1979)

DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF the HAWAII SUPREME COURT, Petitioner, v. David Douglas BERGAN, Respondent Attorney.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel G. Heely, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii, Honolulu, for petitioner.

Michael A. Weight, Weight & Ellsworth, Honolulu, for respondent attorney.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and KOBAYASHI and MARUMOTO, Retired Justices, assigned by reason of vacancies.


RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

The instant matter was brought before this court by a petition filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel pursuant to Rule 16 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii. We are faced with the determination of appropriate disciplinary action to take in this case, having been informed of respondent's conviction for a Rule 16 crime. The following facts are pertinent.

The respondent attorney, David Douglas Bergan (hereinafter...

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