New nomination for Hawaii state appeals court

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January 14, 2010

Hawaii: A lawyer from Marion County, Hawaii, has been named to serve on the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals. Lawrence Reifurth's nomination by Governor Linda Lingle is awaiting confirmation from the state senate as of Wednesday, January 13.[1]

Reifurth is the head of the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and is one of five candidates recommended to Lingle by the Hawaii Judicial Selection Commission.[2] He earned degrees from Northwestern University School of Law, the J.D. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and Marquette University. Before becoming the head of the DCCA, Reifurth worked as the state insurance commissioner, a deputy attorney general, a lawyer in private practice, and an attorney for several municipalities in California.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Contra Costa Times Former Marin lawyer named to Hawaiian court, January 13, 2010
  2. ↑ Star Bulletin "Lingle nominates DCCA head for Appeals Court judgeship," January 7, 2010
  3. ↑ Honolulu Advertiser "DCCA director nominated as judge on Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals," January 7, 2010

Hawaii courts

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

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