HILO, Hawaiʻi — Third Circuit Deputy Chief Judge M. Kanani Laubach was honored by the Hawaiʻi County Bar Association with its Meritorious Service Award. She received this recognition at... read more

From left: Maui Immigration Law, LLC, founding attorney Kevin Block, Hawaii Justice Foundation (HFJ) Executive Director Robert J. LeClair, Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald, University of Hawaiʻi William S. Richardson... read more

HONOLULU — Attorneys who performed free legal work in support of community non-profit legal services providers, indigent parties, and individuals who do not have a lawyer, were honored at the... read more

HONOLULU — Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Associate Justice Sabrina S. McKenna recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam. “It is an... read more

HILO, Hawaiʻi – The public is being warned about bad actors “spoofing” phone numbers from the Hilo Courthouse (Hale Kaulike) in an attempt to extort money from Hawaiʻi island residents.... read more

HILO, Hawaiʻi – While many teenagers spent their fall break relaxing, 20 high school students from Keaʻau, Waiākea, Kamehameha Schools-Hawaiʻi, Hilo, and Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Iki chose to immerse... read more

HILO, Hawaiʻi – Third Circuit Chief Judge Wendy M. DeWeese was honored recently with the Ka Lehua Kea Hiwahiawa Award by Going Home Hawaiʻi for her outstanding contributions to the... read more

WAIʻANAE, Hawaiʻi — Hawaiʻi State Judiciary judges and staff spent a Saturday afternoon at the Waiʻanae Public Library helping qualified individuals seeking assistance with bench warrant and penal summons recalls... read more

Sixty-one newly hired probation officers were sworn-in by Chief Judge Jeannette Castagnetti at the First Circuit Probation Conference. Chief Court Administrator Lori Okita and Deputy Chief Court Administrator Dwight Sakai... read more

HONOLULU – Rebecca A. Copeland, Brian A. Costa, Dyan M. Medeiros, and Steven R. Nichols were sworn in today as Circuit Court Judges of the First Circuit before colleagues, special... read more