Judiciary

...Judge A. Wallace Teshima’s truly final order in the case: the Order on Objection to Notice of Compliance, which coincidentally (or perhaps not) was issued on the same day (February 18, 2014) as the Ninth Circuit opinion....

...work ethic concerns, lack of professionalism in the workplace, questions concerning the propriety of conduct toward women in professional contexts, and the ability to serve at the level of a Supreme Court Justice....

Yesterday, according to the coconut wireless, was the official last day on the Hawaii Supreme Court for Associate Justice Simeon Acoba....

Looks like they're at it again, a solution in search of a problem....

The Hawaii Supreme Court has been on a roll lately....

On Tuesday, February 18, 2014, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie named Judge Michael D. Wilson as his nomination for associate justice to the Supreme Court....

Judge Wilson, 60, ... was a chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources and Commission, commissioner for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission and executive director for the state Division of Consumer Advocacy.....

You file a crap brief with an appellate court. Shame on you....

Shapiro has closely examined the relationship between law and freedom....

The specialized court began last year with three defendants and has now grown to ten defendants....

...for the impending vacancy in the judicial office of the Associate Justice, Supreme Court, State of Hawaiʻi upon the mandatory retirement of Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. in March 2014.... 

HAWSCT: Triggers To Administrative Appeals Must Be Clear And Noticed....

If there's one thing that keeps appellate lawyers up at night, it's jurisdictional questions....

some of the lectures are open to the public....

Prior to this decision, the State could remove children from their parents’ home, and parents who could not afford an attorney were often left to their own devices....

The court concluded that the commissioner did not qualify as a valid holdover ....

This decision also reflects that the Recktenwald Court is continuing the Moon Court's policies of keeping the door to the courthouse doors opened as wide as possible....

Under the majority's interpretation, a "deemed denial" is not ripe for appeal until the court affirmatively issues an order disposing of the post-judgment motion....

In the mid-1970s, she and her husband, Arthur, joined former Lt. Gov. Thomas P. Gill to form the firm of Gill Park and Park....

The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued its latest opinion in the apparently eternal metaphysical question of the circuit courts' appellate jurisdiction to review decisions under the Hawaii Administrative Procedures Act....

Despite receiving a “D”, Hawaii’s financial disclosure law ranks as sixth best out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.... 

...four states - California, Idaho, Vermont, and Hawai'i - collectively ship 10,500  prisoners to for-profit prisons outside their home states.  West Virginia is developing a plan to do the same....

In his half-century on the bench, he presided over some of the most sensational of Hawai‘i’s organized crime trials, and he upheld the 1967 Hawai‘i Land Reform Act that shifted property ownership in Hawai‘i from large trusts to ordinary citizens....

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has appointed Lloyd A. Poelman as judge of the District Court of the Second Circuit....

Vacancy: District Family Judge, District Family Court of the Third Circuit 

Retention: Nakamura, DelRosario, Border

Fewer than half the U.S. population lives in communities where the most basic methods of diverting people with severe mental illness from the criminal justice system are being used....

Approximately half of mass shootings are caused by individuals with untreated severe mental illness....

Hawaii's attorney general wants to enjoin four people he says are practicing law illegally and operating a fraudulent mortgage-relief scheme in the state....

Comments must be post-marked, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered no later than Monday, September 30, 2013....

Roger Epstein, senior partner of Cades Schutte Law Firm, talks with Dr. Keli’i Akina about Hawaii as a center for global transformation....

... I'd like to hail my fellow law bloggers who, like me, make the time to share thoughts about the legal issues of the day ....

He said it would not have necessarily been easier to convict Deedy of the lesser manslaughter charge....

Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy:  Associate Justice, Supreme Court

The ethical response is to try again, not to proceed in violation of Hawaii law and court rules....

“Botched Abortion” project designed to hold abortionists accountable for medical malpractice....

The legal team defending California’s marriage amendment filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court Saturday to vacate a premature order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued Friday....

There are currently nine youths between the ages of 13-17 in the Wrap Hawai‘i pilot program....

the State of Hawaii's attempted land grab would have undermined the sanctity of all Land Court titles....

The Chief Justice, with the consent of the Senate, shall fill a vacancy in the district courts....

Will Hawaii’s soft-on-crime Judiciary allow an insanity plea to a Muslim claiming a religious justification for acts of violence or terrorism?

Marjorie Manuia was appointed a part-time district judge in 1982 and served two terms as a Family Court district judge from 1984 to 1996....

Honolulu Councilmember and Congressional candidate Stanley Chang has lost his right to practice law in Hawaii....

...the signs are treated by visitors less as warnings and more as centerpieces of funny photographs to show the folks back home....