GOVERNOR IGE TO CONSIDER SIX LISTS OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES FOR FIRST CIRCUIT, INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

News Release from Office of the Governor, July 29, 2019

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.

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Related JSC News Releases:

From JSC: Judicial Selection Commission Press Release – Associate Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals Nominees (Release Date 07/29/2019)

From JSC: Judicial Selection Commission Press Release – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit Nominees (Release Date 07/29/2019)

From JSC: Judicial Selection Commission Press Release – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit Nominees (Release Date 07/29/2019)

From JSC: Judicial Selection Commission Press Release – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit Nominees (Release Date: 07/29/2019) (Release Date 07/29/2019)

From JSC: Judicial Selection Commission Press Release – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit Nominees (Release Date: 07/29/2019) (Release Date 07/29/2019)

From JSC: Judicial Selection Commission Press Release – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit Nominees (Release Date: 07/29/2019) (Release Date 07/29/2019)