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Hawaii County Bar Association Honors Scholarship Winner and Celebrates Self-Help Center Volunteers

Hawaii Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald joined the Hawaii County Bar Association (HCBA) at the Hilo Yacht Club in July to celebrate the 2025 HCBA Scholarship recipient and to… read more

First Circuit (Oʻahu) Probation Conference 2025

The Judiciary and its partner, the State Department of Health (DOH), held Hawai‘i’s Statewide Probation Conference at the Koʻolau Ballrooms in Kāne‘ohe, O‘ahu on July 24 and 25. Probation officers… read more

Penn, Unga, and Vidinha Sworn In as District Family Court Judges on Oʻahu

Before an overflow crowd of family, friends, colleagues, and well-wishers in the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court courtroom at Aliʻiōlani Hale, Maria F. Penn, Wilson A. Unga, and Rochelle I. Vidinha were… read more

Nakasone, Holma, and Tomasa Sworn In to New Roles on the Bench

In a ceremony attended by colleagues, friends, and family, Karen T. Nakasone was sworn in today as Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA), while Karin L. Holma… read more

Judge Dyan Medeiros Honored at Domestic Violence Conference

Senior Family Court Judge Dyan Medeiros was honored as the 2025 Community Partner of the Year by the Hawaiʻi State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (HSCADV) during its annual conference on… read more

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