Acting chief justice seeks public comment on nominees for Kona district court judge

Public comment is sought on judicial nominees for District Court judge vacancies on O‘ahu and the Big Island.

Acting Chief Justice Sabrina S. McKenna is looking to fill one vacancy at the Kona courthouse and two vacancies on O‘ahu.

The individual selected is subject to Senate confirmation. The six nominees named for the position in Kona are:

• Mark D. Disher is employed as a Deputy Corporation Counsel with the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the Corporation Counsel. Disher is a graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law, and was admitted to the Hawaiʻi State Bar in 2008.

• Catherine E. Gibson is employed with Catherine E. Gibson Law Corporation. Gibson is a graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law, and was admitted to the Hawaiʻi State Bar in 2013.

• Andrew M. Kennedy is employed with Schlueter, Kwiat & Kennedy, LLLP. Kennedy is a graduate of Suffolk University School of Law, and was admitted to the Hawaiʻi State Bar in 2012.

• Charles E. Murray III is employed as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawaiʻi. Murray is a graduate of George Mason University Law School, and was admitted to the Hawaiʻi State Bar in 2015.

• Dalilah E. Schlueter is currently employed with Dalilah E. Schlueter, Attorney at Law, LLLC. She also serves as a Per Diem District and District Family Court Judge in the Third Circuit. Schlueter is a graduate of the University of Montana School of Law, and was admitted to the Hawaiʻi State Bar in 2015.

• Andrew D-I Son is currently employed as a Supervising Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawaiʻi. Son is a graduate of Loyola Law School and was admitted to the Hawaiʻi State Bar in 2006.

McKenna has the discretion to assign judges to the district or district family court calendar.

Comments about the qualifications and character of any of the nominees concerning either calendar assignment may be sent, in writing, to:

Acting Chief Justice Sabrina S. McKenna
Supreme Court of Hawaiʻi
417 South King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

Comments can also be emailed at chiefjustice@courts.hawaii.gov. Comments must be post-marked, e-mailed, or hand-delivered no later than Feb. 19.

All comments will be kept confidential.