Adrianne N. Heely was appointed to the District Court of the Second Circuit on May 14, 2012. Prior to her appointment to the District Court, Judge Heely served as a deputy corporation counsel for the County of Maui. She was also a former deputy public defender on both Maui and Oahu and a litigation associate at the law firms of Ashford & Wriston, Hisaka Goto Yoshida Cosgrove & Ching, and the Law Offices of Frank K. Goto Jr.

Judge Heely received her law degree from the University of Hawai`i William S. Richardson School of Law in 1998. She sits on the Board of Examiners of the Hawaii Supreme Court and is a past chair of the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Government Lawyer Section; past vice-president of the Maui County Bar Association; and former director of the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers’ Division.

She is a member of Association of Family & Conciliation Courts “AFCC” (2017-present); National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges “NCJFCJ” (2017-present); Judicial Engagement Network (“JEN”) Fellow (2020-present) and, a leadership and scholarship recipient.

She also serves on the following boards:

• • Board of Bar Examiners of the Hawai`i Supreme Court (2011‐present)
  • Appointed to: the Children in Family Courts Committee (2017‐present)
  • Hawaii State Trial Judges’ Association‐Secretary (2017‐2019)
  • Judges Aware Working Group (Implicit Bias) (2013) 
  • Environmental Court’s Working Group establishing E.Ct. in Hawai`i (2014) 
  • Access to Justice‐Task Force Subcommittee Re: Self Help Center and Establishing Court Navigator and Court Advocate (2016‐2020) 
  • She spearheaded the S.T.A.E. (Steps to Avoid Eviction) Program in Maui County (2016) 
  • Served as a Panelist for UH‐Law Professionalism Course (Nuts & Bolts of Government Practice) (2008‐2014) 
  • P.A.C.E. Promoting Advancement to Civic Education Commission Member (2022-present) which planned and held the Inaugural Maui Nui Law & Justice Academy in Oct. 2022
  • Volunteer Speaker at various elementary, middle, and high schools across county & state
  • Volunteer Judge for HSBA, YLD Mock Trial State competitions
  • Volunteer Member of Family Court Bench Bar Planning Subcommittee (2017-present)
  • Received Humanitarian Award of the year in 2020 by the Maui Non-Profit Directors Board
  • In 2022, she was honored as Maui’s Mana Wahine Outstanding Member by the County of Maui’s Committee on the Status of Women