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Colette Y. Garibaldi
Colette Y. Garibaldi is a former judge of the O'ahu First Circuit of Hawaii. She was nominated in 2010 by Gov. Linda Lingle and served until her retirement in December 2018. [1][2][3]
Education
Garibaldi received her undergraduate education from the University of Southern California and her J.D. from Loyola Law School.[4][5]
Career
Garibaldi served as a circuit court judge from 2010-2018. Before becoming a circuit court judge, Garibaldi served as a judge in the district court, first on a per diem basis from 1988-1997 and then on appointment. Her district court seat was filled by Dean E. Ochiai. She also worked for six years as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and briefly as an attorney in the private sector.[4][6]
Awards and associations
Previous associations include:
- Member of the Kapolei Courthouse Working Group
- Member of the Single Tier Implementation Committee
- Member of the Statewide Committee on Trial Court Performance Standards
- President of the Hawaii State Trial Judges Association (2007-2009)
- Co-chair of Hawaii State Bar Association's Bench-Bar Committee
- Co-chaired the 2008 District Court Judges Annual Symposium
- the Per Diem Judge Education Committee
- District Court representative for the Impaired Driving Assessment for Comprehensive Study of Impaired Driving in the State of Hawai‘i, National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration Report
- Member of the Ignition Interlock Finance/Funding Subcommittee
- Mormer member of the American Judicature Society Hawai‘i Chapter Special Committee on the Jury[7][4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Hawaii State Judiciary, "First Circuit (Oahu) Judges Telephone Listing"
- ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "Bill Status GM 2"
- ↑ Hawai'i State Judiciary, "Judicial Selection Commission Press Release – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the First Circuit Nominees", July 29, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hawaii Free Press, "Governor Lingle nominates Castagnetti, To’oto’o, and Garibaldi Circuit Court judges"
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Judge Profile: Colette Yoda Garibaldi"
- ↑ Hawaii State Judiciary, "Chief Justice Recktenwald Appoints Four District Court Judges on Oahu," April 2011
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Hawaii • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Hawaii
State courts:
Hawaii Supreme Court • Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals • Hawaii Circuit Courts • Hawaii District Courts • Hawaii Family Courts
State resources:
Courts in Hawaii • Hawaii judicial elections • Judicial selection in Hawaii
