Speakers
The Honorable Mark E. Recktenwald, Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court
Mark E. Recktenwald was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on September 14, 2010. He joined the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice on May 11, 2009, and previously served as Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals beginning in April 2007. Prior to his appointment to the Intermediate Court of Appeals, Chief Justice Recktenwald served as the Director of the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Hawai`i, and as an attorney in private practice. Chief Justice Recktenwald received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his law degree from the University of Chicago.
The Honorable Lisa M. Ginoza, Chief Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
Lisa M. Ginoza was sworn in as Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals on April 24, 2018. Prior to being appointed to her current position, she was appointed as an Associate Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals on May 6, 2010. A graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law, Chief Judge Ginoza served as a law clerk to the Honorable Samuel P. King, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. She then entered private practice with the law firm of McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon, where she became a partner and over the course of fourteen years had an extensive civil litigation practice. In January 2005, Chief Judge Ginoza was appointed to serve as First Deputy Attorney General for the State of Hawaii. She served in this position until her appointment to the Intermediate Court of Appeals in 2010. Chief Judge Ginoza is a Kailua High School graduate and received her undergraduate degree from Oregon State University, with highest distinction. She has served as an Adjunct Professor in Appellate Advocacy at the William S. Richardson School of Law.
Kaliko Fernandes, Solicitor General for the State of Hawaii
Kalikoʻonālani Fernandes is the Solicitor General for the State of Hawaiʻi. She leads the Department of the Attorney General’s Appellate Division and has oversight authority over most state and federal appeals handled by the Department, including briefs filed on behalf of the State of Hawaiʻi in the United States Supreme Court, federal courts of appeal, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court, and the Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals. She is a member of the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary’s Permanent Committee on Equality and Access to the Courts, co-chairs the HSBA Committee on Diversity, Equality, and the Law, and serves on the boards of the Hawaiʻi Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the Hawaiʻi LGBT Legal Association, and the HSBA Appellate Section. Kaliko served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard R. Clifton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Susan Oki Mollway of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi.
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