HONOLULU – The State of Hawai‘i Judicial Selection Commission has submitted six lists of judicial nominees to Gov. David Ige. The lists include nominees for five vacancies on the First Circuit Court and one vacancy on the Intermediate Court of Appeals.
Gov. Ige has 30 days to make his selections.
The nominees are as follows:
Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawai‘i:
(This judicial office will become vacant upon the retirement of Associate Judge Lawrence M. Reifurth in Aug. 2019).
Rebecca A. Copeland
David M. Forman
Geoffrey K.S. Komeya
Karen T. Nakasone
John M. Tonaki
Clyde J. Wadsworth
Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Island of O‘ahu):
(This judicial office has been vacant since Circuit Judge Keith K. Hiraoka was elevated to the position of associate judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in Nov. 2018).
Karin L. Holma
Craig W. Jerome
James C. McWhinnie
Trish K. Morikawa
Kevin A. K. Souza
John M. Tonaki
Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Island of O‘ahu):
(This judicial office has been vacant since the retirement of Circuit Judge Virginia L. Crandall in Nov. 2018).
Lisa W. Cataldo
Karin L. Holma
James C. K. McWhinnie
Trish K. Morikawa
Kevin A. K. Souza
John M. Tonaki
Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Island of O‘ahu):
(This judicial office has been vacant since the retirement of Circuit Judge Rom A. Trader in Dec. 2018).
Karin L. Holma
Ronald G. Johnson
James C. McWhinnie
Trish K. Morikawa
Kevin A. K. Souza
John M. Tonaki
Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Island of O‘ahu):
(This judicial office has been vacant since the retirement of Circuit Judge Glenn J. Kim in April 2019).
Karin L. Holma
James C. McWhinnie
Trish K. Morikawa
Alvin P. K. K. Nishimura
Kevin A. K. Souza
John M. Tonaki
Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Island of O‘ahu):
(This judicial office has been vacant since the retirement of Circuit Judge Colette Y. Garibaldi in Dec. 2018).
Tracy S. Fukui
Karin L. Holma
James C. McWhinnie
Trish K. Morikawa
Kevin A. K. Souza
John M. Tonaki
The Judicial Selection Commission submitted the lists of nominees to the governor after careful evaluation and investigation into the backgrounds and qualifications of the applicants.
Gov. Ige has until Aug. 28 to make his appointments, which are subject to Senate confirmation.