Western District of Texas

Biographical Information:

Year Service Began:

1988

Appointed By:

Ronald Reagan

Education:

• Juris Doctor, St. Mary's University School of Law, 1972
  • Graduated first in class

Judicial Experience:

• Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, 1999-2005
• Judge, United States District Court, 1988-present

Legal Practice:

• Anthony, Hoddick, Reinwald & O'Connor, 1972-1980
  • Partner, 1976-1980
• Ezra, O'Connor, Moon & Tam, 1980-1988
  • Managing Partner, 1981-1988

Military Service:

• United States Army
  • Commissioned Officer, 1971-1977

Memberships:

• Hawaii State Bar Association

Community Service:

• Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2002-2005
• Member, Judicial Conference Budget and Finance Advisory Council
• Former Vice President, member of Board of Directors, and member of Executive Committee, United States Federal Judges Association
• Former member, Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit
• Former member of Executive Committee, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference
• Former member, Judicial Conference Committee on Administration of the Bankruptcy System
• Former member, Court-Council Committee on Bankruptcy Appointments
• Former member, Evaluation Committee of the Ninth Circuit
• Former member, Pacific Islands Committee of the Ninth Circuit
• Former member of Board of Directors, Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society
• Former President, Ninth Circuit United States District Judges Association
• Former member, Board of Trustees of St. Louis High School

Awards:

• Rosewood Gavel Award, 2007
• Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Hawaii 2013

Other:

• Adjunct Professor of Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, 1978-2012