Haw. Sup. Ct. R. 2.1

Any attorney admitted, specially admitted, or granted limited admission, under any provision of Rule 1.1, et seq. of these Rules, to practice law in this state, and any attorney licensed to practice law by the highest court of a state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, but not admitted in this state, who practices law or renders or offers to render any legal services in this state is subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the supreme court and the Disciplinary Board hereinafter established.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deny to any court such powers as are necessary for that court to maintain control over proceedings conducted before it, such as the power of contempt, nor to prohibit any bar association from censuring a member or suspending or expelling a member from membership in the association. Further, nothing herein contained shall be construed to deny to any arbitrator or arbitration panel such powers as the arbitrator or arbitration panel may have that are necessary to maintain control over a particular arbitration proceeding.

(Renumbered September 1984; amended October 27, 1989, effective November 1, 1989, subject to transitional orders; further amended August 29, 2018, effective January 1, 2019; further amended June 14, 2022, effective July 1, 2022; further amended April 15, 2026, effective July 1, 2026.)