Kirstin M. Hamman was sworn in on June 15, 2018.  Hamman served as a per diem (part-time) district court judge from July 2014 until her full-time appointment in 2018. Prior to her appointment, she had her own private practice specializing in family law and special education law.  She previously worked as an attorney with the Maui Office of Council Services, the State of Hawaiʻi Public Defender’s Office, and the Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi. She was formerly a law clerk to Judge Boyd Mossman and the Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission. 

Hamman is a graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and was admitted to the bar in 1997.