Career
McKenna was an associate at Goodsill Anderson Quinn &Stifel until 1987,then served as general counsel to Otaka,Inc. until 1990. She became an assistant professor at the University of Hawaii Law School before being appointed a District Court judge on November 30,1993. She was elevated to the Circuit Courts on June 29,1995. [4]
McKenna was one of three candidates recommended to President Barack Obama by Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka to fill a judicial vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. [1] McKenna did not receive the nomination,which went to Leslie E. Kobayashi in April 2010. [1]
On January 25,2011,Governor Neil Abercrombie nominated McKenna to a seat on the Hawaii Supreme Court. [1] The Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on her nomination on February 4 and advanced her nomination to the full Senate by a vote of 5–0. [5] Over one hundred pieces of testimony were submitted to the Judiciary Committee with respect to her nomination,the vast majority of which were supportive of McKenna. [5] Of the five testimonies that opposed McKenna's appointment,four did so because of her sexual orientation. [5] On February 16,2011,the Hawaii Senate approved her nomination by a vote of 23–0. [6] She was sworn in on March 3,2011. [7] She became acting chief justice upon the retirement of Mark E. Recktenwald. [8]
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