Education
Bachelor, Queen's College of CUNY, 1965; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Boston University, 1968.
Bachelor, Queen's College of CUNY, 1965; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Boston University, 1968.
With, Ropes & Gray, Boston, 1968-1969; with, Law Offices of Alexander R. Gillmor, Camden, Maine., 1970; with, Torkildson, Katz, Jossem, Fonseca, Jaffe, Moore & Hetherington, Honolulu, 1971-1972; law clerk to Chief Justice William S. Richardson, Hawaii State Supreme Court, 1972; deputy public defender, Office of Public Defender, Honolulu, 1972-1974; district court judge per diem, Family Court (1st circuit) Hawaii, 1977-1983; district court judge per diem, District Court, 1st circuit, 1983-1985; private practice, Honolulu, 1985-1994; district judge, United States District Court Hawaii, 9th circuit, since 1994. Counsel El Paso Real Estate Investment Trust, 1969. Lecturer United States Agency International Development, Seoul, South Korea, 1969-1970, University Hawaii, 1975.