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The attorney general of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Loio Kuhina) is the chief legal officer and chief law enforcement officer of Hawaii.In present-day statehood within the United States, the attorney general is appointed by the elected governor with the approval of the state senate and is responsible for a state department charged with advising the various other departments and agencies of state government.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, [2] consisting of 92 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.
The Hawaii Solicitor General or Solicitor General of Hawaii is the top appellate lawyer for the State of Hawaii. It is an appointed position within the Hawaii Department of the Attorney General, with supervision over all of the office's major appellate cases and amicus briefs. The majority of the matters that the Solicitor General handles are ...
Marguerite Kamehaokalani Ashford (December 9, 1891 – March 3, 1970) became the first woman attorney to practice in the Territory of Hawaii. At the time of her 1916 admission to the Hawaii bar, she was the only woman attorney in Hawaii. Almeda Eliza Hitchcock had previously practiced law in the islands while Hawaii was still a kingdom, but had ...
Ohio State University ( JD) Russell A. Suzuki is an American attorney and was the 15th Attorney General of Hawaii. He was nominated on March 14, 2018 by Governor David Ige, [1] and was confirmed by the Hawaii Senate on March 29, 2018. [2] He served until January 2019, when Governor Ige appointed Clare E. Connors as his successor.
Richard W. Pollack. Personal details. Born. 1964 or 1965 (age 59–60) Education. College of William and Mary ( BBA) University of Hawaii, Manoa ( JD) Todd W. Eddins (born 1964/1965) [1] is an American lawyer who has served an associate justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court since 2020. He previously served as a judge of the O'ahu First Circuit ...
The Hawaii State Bar Association was founded as a voluntary membership organization in 1899. [2] In 1985 it was formally incorporated as a 501 (c) (6) non-profit trade organization. In 1952, the Hawaii Bar News began publication; it is now known as Hawaii Bar Journal. [3]
The legal status of Hawaii is an evolving legal matter as it pertains to United States law. [citation needed] The US Federal law was amended in 1993 with the Apology Resolution which "acknowledges that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States and further acknowledges that the Native Hawaiian people never directly ...