HONOLULU — Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald announced he is seeking public comment by Friday, Aug. 9 on judicial nominees for a vacancy in the District Court of the Third Circuit (island of Hawaii).
The names submitted for this vacancy by the Judicial Selection Commission, in alphabetical order, are:
• Paul K. Hamano
Hamano is employed at Paul K. Hamano, Attorney at Law, is a graduate of the University of California at Davis School of Law and was admitted to the Hawaii State Bar in 1985.
• Jeffrey A. Hawk
Hawk is employed at the Law Office of Jeffrey A. Hawk, and serves as a per diem judge in the District and District Family Courts of the Third Circuit. He is a graduate of the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law and was admitted to the Hawaii State Bar in 1997.
• William B. Heflin
Heflin is employed at Alcain Naniole & Heflin, is a graduate of the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law and was admitted to the Hawaii State Bar in 2001.
• Peter K. Kubota
Kubota is employed at Peter K. Kubota, Attorney at Law, is a graduate of the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law and was admitted to the Hawaii State Bar in 1989.
• Jeffrey W.S. Ng
Ng is a senior trial deputy public defender with the state Office of the Public Defender, is a graduate of the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law and was admitted to the Hawaii State Bar in 2002.
• Alvin P.K. Nishimura
Nishimura is employed at Alvin Nishimura, Attorney at Law, and serves as a per diem judge in the District Court of the First Circuit. Nishimura is a graduate of the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law and was admitted to the Hawaii State Bar in 1985.
Because the chief justice has the discretion to assign judges to the district or district family court calendar, comments about the qualifications and character of any of the nominees with regard to either calendar assignment may be sent, in writing, to: Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald, Supreme Court of Hawaii , 417 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, or emailed to chiefjustice@courts.hawaii.gov.
The individual selected by the chief justice is subject to state Senate confirmation.
I would like to know the names of the people on the Judicial Nominating Committee.
Why was not even one woman nominated? Surely there are qualified female attorneys.