# List of justices of the Supreme Court of Hawaii

Following is a list of justices of the Supreme Court of Hawaii.

## Current justices

| Title | Name | Served on court since | Current term |
| Chief Justice | Mark E. Recktenwald | May 11, 2009 | September 14, 2010 – September 13, 2030 |
| Justice | Sabrina McKenna | March 3, 2011 | March 3, 2011 – March 2, 2021 |
| Justice | Todd W. Eddins | December 11, 2020 | December 11, 2020 – December 10, 2030 |
| Justice | Lisa M. Ginoza | January 12, 2024 | January 12, 2024 - January 11, 2034 |
| Justice | Vladimir Devens | January 12, 2024 | January 12, 2024 - January 11, 2034 |

## Past justices

From October 8, 1840, to January 15, 1848, the court was known as the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
* This early Supreme Court was head by the King, the Kuhina Nui, and four other chiefs elected by the representative body to serve as Judges. The four judges of the Supreme Court were not associate justices but served that capacity as assistants to the chief justice, i.e. the King.
From January 15, 1848, to December 6, 1852, it was known as the Superior Court of the Kingdom of Hawaii. From December 6, 1852, to January 17, 1893, it was known as the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Hawaii. From January 17, 1893, to July 4, 1898, it was known as the Supreme Court of the Republic of Hawaii. From July 4, 1898, to August 21, 1959, it was known as the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii. From August 21, 1959, to the present, it is known as the Supreme Court of Hawaii.

### Pre-statehood courts

| Name | Appointment | Term End | Chief Justice Appointment | Chief Justice Term End |
| Kamehameha III | October 8, 1840 | January 15, 1848 | October 8, 1840 | January 15, 1848 |
| Kekāuluohi | October 8, 1840 | June 7, 1845 | | |
| Keoni Ana | June 10, 1845 | January 15, 1848 | | |
| Zorobabela Kaʻauwai | May 10, 1842 | November, 1846 (resigned) | | |
| Pākī | May 10, 1842 | by January 15, 1848 | | |
| Charles Kanaʻina | May 10, 1842 | by January 15, 1848 | | |
| Jonah Kapena | May 10, 1842 | by January 15, 1848 | | |
| Joshua Kaeo | November, 1846 | by January 15, 1848 | | |
| Lorrin Andrews | January 15, 1848 | January 10, 1855 | | |
| John Papa ʻĪʻī | January 15, 1848 | February 16, 1864 | | |
| William Little Lee | January 16, 1848 | May 28, 1857 | January 16, 1848 | May 28, 1857 |
| George Morison Robertson* | January 10, 1855 | December 24, 1863 | | |
| Elisha Hunt Allen | June 4, 1857 | February 22, 1877 | June 4, 1857 | February 1, 1877 |
| George Morison Robertson* | February 16, 1864 | March 12, 1867 | | |
| Robert Grimes Davis | February 16, 1864 | July 8, 1868 | | |
| James W. Austin | July 10, 1868 | July 10, 1869 | | |
| Alfred S. Hartwell* | September 30, 1868 | February 18, 1874 | | |
| Hermann A. Widemann | July 10, 1869 | February 18, 1874 | | |
| Charles Coffin Harris | February 18, 1874 | July 2, 1881 | February 1, 1877 | July 2, 1881 |
| Albert Francis Judd | February 18, 1874 | May 20, 1900 | November 5, 1881 | May 20, 1900 |
| Lawrence McCully | February 1, 1877 | April 10, 1892 | | |
| Benjamin H. Austin | November 7, 1881 | July 5, 1885 | | |
| Edward Preston | July 7, 1885 | January 17, 1890 | | |
| Richard F. Bickerton | December 29, 1886 | December 10, 1895 | | |
| Abraham Fornander | December 27, 1886 | November 1, 1887 | | |
| Sanford B. Dole | December 28, 1887 | January 17, 1893 | | |
| Walter F. Frear | March 7, 1893 | August 15, 1907 | July 5, 1900 | August 15, 1907 |
| William Austin Whiting | January 11, 1896 | July 14, 1900 | | |
| Antonio Perry* | July 5, 1900 | June 15, 1904 | | |
| Clinton A. Galbraith | June 30, 1900 | June 15, 1904 | | |
| Alfred S. Hartwell* | June 15, 1904 | March 9, 1911 | August 15, 1907 | March 9, 1911 |
| Francis March Hatch | June 15, 1904 | January 31, 1905 | | |
| Arthur A. Wilder | February 13, 1905 | January 25, 1910 | | |
| Sidney M. Ballou | August 15, 1907 | May 6, 1909 | | |
| Antonio Perry* | May 6, 1909 | April 2, 1914 | | |
| John T. DeBolt | 1910 | 1914 | | |
| Alexander George Morison Robertson | March 9, 1911 | January 1, 1918 | March 9, 1911 | January 1, 1918 |
| Edward Minor Watson Jr. | March 19, 1914 | December 15, 1916 | | |
| Ralph P. Quarles | April 2, 1914 | September 12, 1918 | | |
| James Leslie Coke* | January 13, 1917 | April 17, 1922 | March 7, 1918 | April 17, 1922 |
| Samuel B. Kemp* | March 7, 1918 | April 17, 1922 | | |
| William S. Edings | September 26, 1918 | October 10, 1922 | | |
| Antonio Perry* | April 17, 1922 | July 3, 1934 | February 26, 1926 | July 3, 1934 |
| Emil C. Peters* | April 17, 1922 | December 21, 1925 | April 17, 1922 | December 21, 1925 |
| Alexander Lindsay Jr. | October 10, 1922 | September 5, 1926 | | |
| James J. Banks | 1926 | 1938 | | |
| Charles Francis Parsons | 1926 | 1935 | | |
| James Leslie Coke* | July 3, 1934 | March 22, 1941 | July 3, 1934 | March 22, 1941 |
| Emil C. Peters* | 1935 | 1949 | | |
| Samuel B. Kemp* | 1938 | June 30, 1950 | June 20, 1941 | June 30, 1950 |
| Louis LeBaron | 1942 | 1955 | | |
| Albert Moses Cristy | 1949 | 1950 | | |
| Edward Armstrong Towse | April 18, 1950 | April 6, 1956 | October 15, 1951 | April 6, 1956 |
| Ingram Stainback | October 15, 1951 | 1959 | | |
| Philip L. Rice | February 7, 1955 | July 27, 1959 | March 29, 1956 | July 27, 1959 |
| Masaji Marumoto | 1956 | 1959 | | |

### Succession of seats (1900–1959)

Chief Justice :
| Seat established on March 3, 1900 by 60 Stat. 322 ||||
| Frear | 1900–1907 |
| Hartwell | 1907–1911 |
| Robertson | 1911–1918 |
| Coke | 1918–1922 |
| Peters | 1922–1925 |
| Perry | 1926–1934 |
| Coke | 1934–1941 |
| Kemp | 1941–1950 |
| Towse | 1951–1956 |
| Rice | 1956–1959 |
Associate Justice 1 :
| Seat established on March 3, 1900 by 60 Stat. 322 ||||
| Galbraith | 1900–1904 |
| Hartwell | 1904–1907 |
| Ballou | 1907–1909 |
| Perry | 1909–1914 |
| Quarles | 1914–1918 |
| Edings | 1918–1922 |
| Lindsay | 1922–1926 |
| Parsons | 1926–1935 |
| Peters | 1935–1949 |
| Cristy | 1949–1950 |
| Towse | 1950–1956 |
| Stainback | 1951–1959 |
Associate Justice 2 :
| Seat established on March 3, 1900 by 60 Stat. 322 ||||
| Perry | 1900–1904 |
| Hatch | 1904–1905 |
| Wilder | 1905–1910 |
| DeBolt | 1910–1914 |
| Watson | 1914–1916 |
| Coke | 1917–1918 |
| Kemp | 1918–1922 |
| Perry | 1922–1926 |
| Banks | 1926–1938 |
| Kemp | 1938–1941 |
| LeBaron | 1942–1955 |
| Rice | 1955–1956 |
| Marumoto | 1956–1959 |

### Courts since statehood

| Name | Appointment | Term End | Chief Justice Appointment | Chief Justice Term End |
| Charles E. Cassidy | October 5, 1959 | May 8, 1967 | | |
| Cable A. Wirtz | October 5, 1959 | May 8, 1967 | | |
| Rhoda Valentine Lewis | October 5, 1959 | May 8, 1967 | | |
| Masaji Marumoto* | October 5, 1959 | September 15, 1960 | | |
| Wilfred Tsukiyama | October 5, 1959 | December 31, 1965 | October 5, 1959 | December 31, 1965 |
| Jack Mizuha | April 28, 1961 | June 28, 1968 | | |
| William S. Richardson | March 25, 1966 | October 30, 1982 | March 25, 1966 | October 30, 1982 |
| Kazuhisa Abe | May 8, 1967 | December 28, 1973 | | |
| Bernard H. Levinson | May 8, 1967 | August 31, 1974 | | |
| Masaji Marumoto* | May 8, 1967 | December 28, 1973 | | |
| Bert T. Kobayashi | July 17, 1969 | December 29, 1978 | | |
| Thomas Shoichi Ogata | February 5, 1974 | December 30, 1981 | | |
| Benjamin Menor | April 16, 1974 | December 30, 1981 | | |
| Homer Baird Kidwell | July 1, 1975 | February 28, 1979 | | |
| Herman T. F. Lum | January 28, 1980 | March 31, 1993 | April 26, 1983 | March 31, 1993 |
| Edward Nakamura | March 24, 1980 | December 28, 1989 | | |
| Yoshimi Hayashi | March 30, 1982 | March 31, 1992 | | |
| Frank D. Padgett | March 30, 1982 | March 31, 1992 | | |
| James H. Wakatsuki | September 7, 1983 | September 22, 1992 | | |
| Robert G. Klein | March 31, 1992 | February 4, 2000 | | |
| Steven Levinson | April 7, 1992 | December 30, 2008 | | |
| Paula A. Nakayama | April 22, 1993 | April 21, 2023 | | |
| Mario R. Ramil | May 13, 1993 | December 31, 2002 | | |
| Ronald Moon | March 9, 1990 | March 30, 2010 | March 31, 1993 | March 30, 2010 |
| James E. Duffy | June 27, 2003 | July 1, 2012 | | |
| Simeon R. Acoba Jr. | May 19, 2000 | February 29, 2014 | | |
| Richard W. Pollack | August 6, 2012 | June 2, 2020 | | |
| Mark E. Recktenwald | May 5, 2009 | September 14, 2010 | September 14, 2010 | Incumbent |
| Sabrina McKenna | March 3, 2011 | | | |
| Michael D. Wilson | April 17, 2014 | March 31, 2023 | | |
| Todd W. Eddins | December 11, 2020 | | | |
* Indicates served non-consecutive terms as either an Associate Justice or Chief Justice.