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Edward H. Kubo, Jr.
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Edward H. Kubo, Jr. is a judge for the O`ahu First Circuit Court in Hawaii. He was nominated by Republican Governor Linda Lingle, approved by the Hawaii Senate, and took office on March 11, 2010.[1][2]
Education
Kubo earned a B.A in political science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law.[1]
Career
He began his legal career as a law clerk with the law firm of Kobayashi and Watanabe and an associate trial attorney with the firm Carlsmith and Dwyer. He became a deputy prosecuting attorney for the City and County of Honolulu in 1980. He worked in this capacity until 1983 and from 1985 to 1990. He then worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney until 2001, when he was promoted to U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii. He held this position until October of 2009.[3]
Awards and associations
Confirmation process
Nomination
On January 4, 2010 Kubo was nominated by Governor Lingle for a seat vacated in 2009 by Frances Q.F. Wong on the O`ahu First Circuit Court in Hawaii.[4][5][6]
Judiciary Committee vote
On January 28, 2010 the State Judiciary Committee voted 3 - 3 on Kubo's nomination. The tied vote meant that his nomination moved to the full Senate without the approval of the Committee. The senators who voted against Kubo expressed concern about a court reprimand he received in 1997 and did not inform the Committee about. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Muehleck informed the Committee that Kubo left the courthouse to have lunch without informing anyone of his absence. In his absence, a case that he was supposed to try was dismissed. Kubo was required to write an apology to the court and to the 30 jurors on the panel. Kubo said that on that day there was a storm that left the courthouse without electricity and since the phones were down he could not be reached at lunch.[7][8][9][10]
After the deadlocked vote, State Senator Brian Taniguchi has indicated that he was likely to change his vote to a "yes" for conformation.[11][12]
Senate vote
The Senate vote to confirm Kubo's nomination was on February 3, 2010.[13] They voted 24 - 1 to confirm. The lone dissenting vote was issued by Senator Les Ihara.[14]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hawaii State Legislature, "STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1 Honolulu, Hawaii RE: GOV. MSG. NO. 109"
- ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "2010 Archives GM 109"
- ↑ Official biography of Judge Kubo
- ↑ Pacific Business News "Ed Kubo nominated to judgeship," January 5, 2010
- ↑ Star Bulletin "Ex-prosecutor Kubo tapped to be circuit judge," January 5, 2010
- ↑ Star Bulletin "Near-unanimous vote gives Kubo judgeship," February 4, 2010
- ↑ KITV "Kubo's Judicial Nomination Takes Hit," January 28, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ Hawaii News Now "Ed Kubo's nomination as judge may be in jeopardy," January 29, 2010
- ↑ Star Bulletin "Vote on Kubo deadlocked," January 29, 2010
- ↑ Main Justice "Hawaii Panel Split On Former U.S. Attorney’s Judicial Nomination," January 29, 2010
- ↑ Honolulu Advertiser "Kubo gains key senator's support," February 3, 2010
- ↑ Star-Bulletin "Kubo likely to get judgeship with key lawmaker's support," February 3, 2010
- ↑ KITV "Senators To Vote On Kubo Nomination Next Week," January 29, 2010
- ↑ KITV "Senate Approves Kubo's Judicial Nomination," February 3, 2010
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
