Background
Duffy, James Earl was born on June 4, 1942 in Saint Paul. Son of James Earl and Mary Elizabeth (Westbrook) Duffy.
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James Earl Duffy
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Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Duffy graduated from Cretin High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Duffy earned a bachelor"s degree from the College of Saint Thomas in 1965.
Career
He served on the court from 2003 to 2013. He also is a former federal judicial nominee to the United States. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then went on to Marquette University to obtain his doctorate of jurisprudence in 1968.
Duffy began his legal career in 1968 at the law firm Cobb & Gould where he became an associate.
He joined the law firm Chuck & Fujiyama in Honolulu, Hawaii as an associate. In 1975, Duffy became a senior partner and the firm was renamed Fujiyama, Duffy & Fujiyama.
Duffy retired from Fujiyama, Duffy & Fujiyama in 2000 and worked as a mediator from 2000 until his appointment to the Hawaii State Supreme Court in 2003. On June 17, 1999, President Bill Clinton nominated Duffy to a seat on the United States. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to replace Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall, who had taken senior status on August 31, 1997.
Although Duffy had the support of both of Hawaii"s United States. senators at the time, his nomination languished in the Republican-led Senate, which declined to hold a United States. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing or vote on his nomination.
In a quixotic move, Clinton renominated Duffy and several other appeals-court nominees on January 3, 2001. President George West. Bush on March 20, 2001 withdrew Duffy"s nomination, along with those of 62 other executive and judicial nominees, choosing not to renominate Duffy. Later in 2001, Bush nominated Richard R. Clifton of Hawaii for the seat to which Duffy had been nominated, and Clifton was confirmed in a 98-0 vote of the United States. Senate on July 30, 2002.
In 2003, Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle appointed Duffy from his private practice to the five-member Hawaii State Supreme Court.
"Hawaii has been very good to me, both personally and professionally, and this is my opportunity to pay back some of the good things that have been done for me in the practice of law and personally," Duffy said at a news conference while standing next to Lingle, according to an April 15, 2003 Associated Press article.
Achievements
Membership
Board of Bar Examiners, Hawaii, 1970-1979. American Inn of Court IV, since 1982. Judicial Council of Hawaii, since 1984.
Member: Hawaii State (President, 1982) and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Wisconsin: The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1985). Western Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1982).
Hawaii Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1981). Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs Attorneys (President, since 1986).
Hawaii Judicial Arbitration Commission, since 1986.
Hawaii Judicial Salary Commission, since 1990. Hawaii Standing Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure and Circuit Court Civil Rules, since 1986. Trial Diplomacy Journal (Member, Board of Editors, since 1986).
American Board of Trial Advocates.
The Hawaii Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1989). American College of Trial Lawyers.
Connections
Married Jeanne Marie Ghiardi, June 7, 1969. Children: Jennifer, Jessica.
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