In Re: Falls

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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCAD-20-0000436 15-MAR-2021 08:12 AM Dkt. 8 ORD SCAD-20-0000436 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I IN RE: D. GERALD FALLS (Disabled), Bar No. 4088 ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (ODC Case No. 16-O-073) ORDER (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Wilson, JJ., and Intermediate Court of Appeals Associate Judge Hiraoka, assigned by reason of vacancy) Upon consideration of the March 11, 2021 motion filed by Bradley Tamm, Chief Disciplinary Counsel at the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, for discharge as Trustee over the legal practice of attorney D. Gerald Falls due to incapacity, as provided by Rule 2.20 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai#i, and the record in this matter, we conclude that the funds in the client trust account maintained at Hawaii National Bank, ending in x3326, have successfully escheated to the State, pursuant to Hawai#i Revised Statutes Ch. 523A (2008), and that nothing further remains for Trustee Tamm to do with regards to this trusteeship. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is granted and Tamm is discharged as Trustee in this matter. The clerk of the court shall close these proceedings. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, March 15, 2021. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Keith K. Hiraoka 2

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