Linda Lingle is an American politician,who was the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 until 2010. She was the first Republican governor of Hawaii since 1962. Lingle was also the state's first female and first Jewish governor. Prior to serving as governor,Lingle served as Maui County mayor,council member,and chair of the Hawaii Republican Party.
James R. "Duke" Aiona Jr. is an American politician and jurist who served as the eleventh lieutenant governor of Hawaii under Linda Lingle from 2002 to 2010. A Republican,he also served both as an attorney and a judge for the state prior to becoming lieutenant governor.
The William S. Richardson School of Law is the professional graduate law school of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Located in Honolulu,Hawaii,the school is named after its patriarch,former Hawaii State Supreme Court Chief Justice William S. Richardson,a zealous advocate of Hawaiian culture,and is Hawaii's only law school.
William Shaw Richardson was an American attorney,political figure,and chief justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court from 1966 to 1982. Prior to his service as the top jurist in Hawaii,Richardson was lieutenant governor under John A. Burns. Previous to that tenure from 1956 to 1962 he was chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.
The Supreme Court of Hawaii is the highest court of the State of Hawaii in the United States. Its decisions are binding on all other courts of the Hawaii State Judiciary. The principal purpose of the Supreme Court is to review the decisions of the trial courts in which appeals have been granted. Appeals are decided by the members of the Supreme Court based on written records and in some cases may grant oral arguments in the main Supreme Court chamber. Like its mainland United States counterparts,the Supreme Court does not take evidence and uses only evidence provided in previous trials.
Ronald T. Y. Moon was the Chief Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court in Honolulu,Hawaii. He served his first term from 1993 to 2003,and his second term from 2003 until retiring in August 2010. Moon studied at Coe College towards bachelor's degrees in psychology and sociology. He went on to the University of Iowa College of Law,where he obtained his Juris Doctor. He returned to Honolulu in 1965 and became law clerk to United States District Court Judge Martin Pence. He served under Pence for a year. In 1966,Moon joined the staff of the Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu where he was deputy prosecutor until 1968. He left public service to become a partner in the law firm Libkuman,Ventura,Moon and Ayabe where he stayed until 1982. It was from the law firm that Governor George Ariyoshi appointed Moon to the Hawaii State Judiciary as a circuit court judge. Governor John Waihee then elevated Moon to the office of Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court in 1990. In 1993,Moon was once again elevated to become chief justice. He retired on August 31,2010.
Simeon Rivera Acoba Jr. was an Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court. Acoba served his first term from May 19,2000,to May 18,2010,and was retained by the Judicial Selection Commission to serve a second ten-year term from May 19,2010,to May 18,2020. He retired from the court effective February 29,2014.
James E. Duffy Jr. is a retired associate justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court. He served on the court from 2003 to 2013. He also is a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mark Jeremy Bennett is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The Hawaii Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party (GOP) in Hawaii,headquartered in Honolulu. The party was initially strong during Hawaii's territorial days,but following statehood the Democratic Party has become the dominant party in Hawaii. The party currently has very weak electoral power in the state and is one of the weakest affiliates of the national Republican Party;it currently controls none of Hawaii's statewide or federal elected offices.
Peter Aquino Aduja was the first Filipino American elected to public office in the United States. He was elected as a representative in the Hawaii Legislature in 1954.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Hawaii since December 2,2013. The Hawaii State Legislature held a special session beginning on October 28,2013,and passed the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act legalizing same-sex marriage. Governor Neil Abercrombie signed the legislation on November 13,and same-sex couples began marrying on December 2. Hawaii also allows both same-sex and opposite-sex couples to formalize their relationships legally in the form of civil unions and reciprocal beneficiary relationships. Civil unions provide the same rights,benefits,and obligations of marriage at the state level,while reciprocal beneficiary relationships provide a more limited set of rights.
Albert Francis Judd was a judge of the Kingdom of Hawaii who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court through its transition into part of the United States.
Charles Coffin Harris (1822–1881) was a New England lawyer who became a politician and judge in the Kingdom of Hawaii who firmly supported the monarchy as an independent nation. After serving in a number of cabinet posts,he became chief justice of the supreme court.
Frank David Padgett was an American judge and World War II B-24 bomber pilot. Padgett grew up during the Great Depression and earned a scholarship to Harvard College in Massachusetts. Before he could graduate however,he was called to active duty in the U.S. Army Air Force and for the next 13 months,trained as a pilot.
Douglas S. Chin is an American attorney and politician who served as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii from February to December 2018. A member of the Democratic Party,Chin previously was the 14th Attorney General of Hawaii. On December 18,2017,Chin announced his intent to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. In February 2018,Chin became Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii after the resignation of Shan Tsutsui and after two others in the line of succession declined the office. In August 2018,he lost the Congressional seat's Democratic nomination to Ed Case.
Craig H. Nakamura is a former judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals.
Alexa Denise Mariko Fujise is a judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals.
Todd W. Eddins is an Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court and a former Judge of the O'ahu First Circuit Court of Hawaii.
