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Karen Nakasone
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2025 - Present
2035
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Karen Nakasone is a judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals. She assumed office on April 3, 2025. Her current term ends on April 3, 2035.
Nakasone was elevated to chief judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals to replace Lisa M. Ginoza on April 3, 2025.[1]
Governor David Ige (D) appointed Nakasone to the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals on September 11, 2020.[2] Nakasone was confirmed by the Hawaii State Senate on October 6, 2020, for a ten year term.[3]
Nakasone is a former judge on the O`ahu First Circuit Court in Hawaii. She was nominated by Governor Neil Abercrombie in August 2011 to succeed Sabrina S. McKenna. The nomination was confirmed by the Hawaii Senate, by a vote of 22-0.[4][5][6]
Education
Nakasone received her undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. [7]
Career
From 1996 until her appointment, Nakasone was a Deputy Public Defender in Honolulu. Before that, she was a law clerk for Simeon Acoba.[7]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2009 Best Lawyers under 40, Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- 2008 Pacific Century Fellow
Associations
- Arbitrator, Court Annexed Arbitration Program
- Board of Directors, Hawaii Women Lawyers
- Board of Directors, Board of Bar Examiners
- Board of Directors, Hawaii Chapter, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- Past President, Japanese American Citizens League, Honolulu Chapter
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Office of the Governor, State of Hawaiʻi, "Governor Green Appoints New Chief Judge for Intermediate Court of Appeals", April 3, 2025
- ↑ governor.hawaii.gov, "Office of the Governor — News Release — Governor Ige Appoints Circuit Judge To Intermediate Court Of Appeals," September 11, 2020
- ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Intermediate Court of Appeals as Associate Judge, Gubernatorial Nominee, KAREN T. NAKASONE, for a term of 10 years." accessed November 2, 2020
- ↑ Hawaii Star Advertiser, "Governor nominates Karen Nakasone to state judgeship," August 15, 2011
- ↑ Honolulu Star-Advertiser, "Senate approves Nakasone appointment to Circuit Court," September 1, 2011
- ↑ Hawaii State Judiciary, "First Circuit (Oahu) Judges Telephone Listing," accessed April 27, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Office of the Hawaii Governor, Press Release: "Governor Abercrombie Names Deputy Public Defender Nakasone to the Circuit Court," August 15, 2011
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
