• Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  Judge

  2018 – present · 8 yrsAppointed by Donald John Trump

• District Court, D. Hawaii

  Law Clerk

  1979 – 1980 · 1 yr

Career

• Special deputy corporation counsel

  2015 – 2018 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  2011 – 2018 · 7 yrs

• Special deputy attorney general

  State of Hawaii

  2011 – 2018 · 7 yrs

• Adjunct professor of law

  William S. Richardson School of Law, Unversity of Hawaii

  2008 – present · 18 yrs

• Attorney general

  State of Hawaii

  2003 – 2010 · 7 yrs

• Adjunct professor of law

  William S. Richardson School of Law, Unversity of Hawaii

  2001 – present · 25 yrs

• Special prosecuting attorney

  1997 – 1998 · 1 yr

• Special deputy attorney general

  State of Hawaii

  1997 – 2001 · 4 yrs

• Adjunct professor of law

  William S. Richardson School of Law, Unversity of Hawaii

  1991 – 1993 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1990 – 2002 · 12 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  District of Hawaii

  1982 – 1989 · 7 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  District of Columbia

  1980 – 1982 · 2 yrs

Education