Linda Lingle is an American politician who served as the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. She was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959,and was the state's first female and first Jewish governor. Prior to serving as governor,Lingle served as mayor of Maui County from 1991 to 1999 and as chair of the Hawaii Republican Party from 1999 to 2002.
Kamehameha Schools,formerly called Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate (KSBE),is a private school system in Hawaiʻi established by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate,under the terms of the will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop,who was a formal member of the House of Kamehameha. Bishop's will established a trust called the "Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate" that is Hawaiʻi's largest private landowner. Originally established in 1887 as an all-boys school for native Hawaiian children,it shared its grounds with the Bishop Museum. After it moved to another location,the museum took over two school halls. Kamehameha Schools opened its girls' school in 1894. It became coeducational in 1965. The 600-acre (2.4 km2) Kapālama campus opened in 1931,while the Maui and Hawaiʻi campuses opened in 1996 and 2001,respectively.
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 member of the Republican Party,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 Earl 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.
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.
The 2002 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2002,to select the governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Democratic Governor of Hawaii Ben Cayetano was term-limited and therefore could not run for re-election. Former Maui Mayor Linda Lingle,who had narrowly lost the 1998 election,was nominated once again by the Republicans while Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono earned the Democratic nomination in a tight race. Lingle and Hirono duked it out in a hard-fought campaign,with Hirono's campaign crippled by allegations of corruption within the Hawaii Democratic Party and many voters desiring a change. The influence of migrants from the mainland as well as the decease in party loyalty of ethnic groups led more voters towards Lingle. Ultimately Lingle defeated Hirono in a close election,making her the first Republican governor of Hawaii elected since 1959 and the state's first-ever female governor. She was the first white person to be elected governor of the state since 1970. Lingle and Hirono faced off again in Hawaii's 2012 U.S. Senate election;Hirono won that race and thus became the first female U.S. senator in Hawaii history.
Albert Francis Judd was a judge of the Kingdom of Hawaii who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii through its transition into part of the United States.
David M. Louie is an American lawyer who served as Attorney General of Hawaii from 2011 to 2014.
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.
Lisa Miyoko Ginoza is an American lawyer from Hawaii who has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii since 2024. She previously served as the chief judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals from 2018 to 2024.
Todd W. Eddins is an American lawyer who has served an associate justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court since 2020. He previously served as a judge of the O'ahu First Circuit Court of Hawaii from 2017 to 2020.
Steven S. Alm is an American lawyer who is the current Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu. A former Hawaii circuit court judge and United States Attorney,he was sworn into the position of prosecutor on January 2,2021.
