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And the governor would still select judges for Hawaii’s Circuit Courts, Intermediate Court of Appeals and Supreme Court from a list provided by the Judicial Selection Commission. All judicial ...
(The District Courts conduct bench trials while the Intermediate Court of Appeals and Supreme Court are appellate courts). The circuit courts have exclusive original jurisdiction over probate and guardianship cases, criminal felony cases, and civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds US$40,000. [1] The circuit courts are organized ...
The primary civil and criminal court in Hawaii is the body known as the Hawaii state circuit courts. They rule all jury trial cases and have exclusive jurisdiction over probate, guardianship and criminal felony cases as well as civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds $25,000. The Hawaii State family courts deal with family law.
Shanlyn Alohakeao Souza Park (born 1969) [1] is an American lawyer from Hawaii who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Hawaii First Circuit Court from 2021 to 2024.
Hawaii voters cast their ballots in the 2024 general election on Tuesday, motivated in part by a tight presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald Trump. In a ...
Dec. 1—Both Shanlyn Park and Micah Smith were among candidates recommended by U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz, and a merit-based federal Judicial Selection Commission. Two attorneys ...
Michael D. Wilson (born April 1953) [1] is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court from 2014 to 2023. Prior to being appointed to the Hawaii Supreme Court, Wilson served as a circuit court judge for the Hawaii First Circuit from 2000 to 2014.
After leaving law school, Bennett became a law clerk to Chief Judge Samuel Pailthorpe King of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Completing his clerkship, Bennett served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1980 to 1982 and for the District of Hawaii until 1990. In 1991, Bennett went ...