Shiro Kashiwa

Background

Kashiwa, Shiro was born on October 24, 1912 in Kohala, Hawaii, United States. Son of Ryuten and Yukiko (Matsubara) Kashiwa.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1934. Juris Doctor, University Michigan, 1936.

Career

He served as a judge on the United States Court of Claims, then the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, District of Columbia from 1982 to 1986. Kashiwa was born in Kohala, Hawaii. He received a Juris Doctor from University of Michigan Law School in 1936.

He was in private practice of law in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1937 to 1959.

He was the first state attorney general of Hawaii, from 1959 to 1963. He was in private practice of law in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1963 to 1969.

He was an Assistant United States. Attorney General of the Land and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice from 1969 to 1972. There he led the Division"s first suit against a thermal polluter, oversaw a major case against Armco Steel, and represented the government at the Supreme Court.

In 1972 Kashiwa was appointed a judge to the United States Court of Claims by President Richard Nixon, to the seat held by James Randall Durfee.

By operation of the Federal Courts Improvement Acting of 1982 he was made a judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982. Kashiwa retired on January 7, 1986. He died in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Achievements

• Shiro Kashiwa has been listed as a reputable judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

He received a Bachelor of Surgery from University of Michigan in 1935, and was a member of Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Mildred Aiko, July 20, 1941. Children: Gregg, Wendy.

Father:

Ryuten Kashiwa

Mother:

Yukiko (Matsubara) Kashiwa

Spouse:

Mildred Aiko

child:

Gregg Kashiwa

child:

Wendy Kashiwa