Request for Public Comments – Chief Judge, Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawai’i (Release Date:  11/29/2024)

JSC Press Release, November 29, 2024

The Judicial Selection Commission, State of Hawaiʻi, is governed by Article VI of the State Constitution which requires that all of its “deliberations” be confidential.  The Judicial Selection Commission is committed to increasing the transparency of its activities to the extent permitted by law and consistent with its goal of choosing the best possible nominees from the broadest and most diverse pool of candidates it can obtain.  Until March 16, 2022, the Judicial Selection Commission Rules have prohibited the Judicial Selection Commission from sharing the names of applicants applying for judicial positions.

In accordance with the Judicial Selection Commission Rule 5, Section 2:  Confidentiality A. as further amended and effective March 16, 2022, the Judicial Selection Commission announces the applicants applying for the judicial office of Chief Judge in the Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawaiʻi.

The list of applicants applying to fill the vacancy for the judicial office of Chief Judge in the Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawaiʻi, is listed as follows in alphabetical order:

James H. Ashford
Lance D. Collins
Daniel M. Gluck
Nickolas A. Kacprowski
Deirdre Marie-Iha
Karen T. Nakasone
Taryn R. Tomasa Gifford
Clyde J. Wadsworth

The Commission invites interested persons to submit written comments on the applicants applying for the judicial office of Chief Judge in the Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawaiʻi.

Written comments should include the applicant’s name and information about the background, professional skills and character of the applicant in areas such as:

(1)  integrity and moral courage
(2)  legal ability and experience
(3)  intelligence and wisdom
(4)  compassion and fairness
(5)  diligence and decisiveness
(6)  judicial temperament
(7)  such other qualities that the commission deems appropriate
(See Judicial Selection Commission Rule 10)

Written comments should also include the following contact information:

Your signature;
Your printed name;
Your phone number, including area code; and
Your email address, if applicable.

All written comments will be kept CONFIDENTIAL.

Please submit written comments postmarked or faxed no later than December 30, 2024 to:

Commission Chair Kamani B. Kualaʻau
Judicial Selection Commission
State of Hawaiʻi
417 South King Street
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813
Fax:  (808) 538-5205