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Rhonda I.L. Loo
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Rhonda I.L. Loo was a judge of the Maui Second Circuit Court of Hawaii. She was nominated to serve by Governor Neil Abercrombie (D) in April 2011 and confirmed by the Hawaii Senate in May 2011. She retired at the end of her term on June 6, 2021, after serving as a judge for 24 years.[1][2][3][4][5]
Education
Loo received a B.A. from the University of Oregon and a J.D. from the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law.[2][6]
Career
From 1997 until her appointment, Loo was a judge on Maui Second Circuit District Court. As a judge, Loo was active in system-wide improvements relating to mentally ill defendants in criminal cases. She worked as a deputy prosecuting attorney for the County of Maui from 1988 to 1997, and as a law clerk for the Circuit Court Judge E. John McConnell from 1987 to 1988.[6]
Awards and associations
Past associations include:
- Hawaii State Trial Judges Association
- Second Circuit Court Per Diem Judge Review Committee[6]
See also
External links
- Hawaii Reporter, "Governor Abercrombie Appoints Judge Loo to Circuit Court," April 4, 2011
- Judges of the Maui Second Circuit
- Hawaii State Legislature report regarding the appointment of Rhonda Loo
Footnotes
- ↑ Second Circuit District Court Judges (Maui) (dead link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hawaii Reporter, "Governor Abercrombie Appoints Judge Loo to Circuit Court," April 4, 2011
- ↑ Maui Now, "Hawaii Senate Confirms Maui Judge Rhonda Loo," April 27, 2011
- ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "2011 Archives: GM 667"
- ↑ The Maui News, "Rhonda Loo, first female 2nd Circuit judge, retires," May 29, 2021
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hawaii State Legislature, "STAND. COM. REP. NO. 41 Honolulu, Hawaii, 2005 RE: GOV. MSG. NO. 77"
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
