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The Attorney General of Hawaii ( haw, 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 of Hawaii, governor with the approval of the Hawaii Senate, state senate and is responsible for a state department charged with advising the various other departments and agencies of Government of Hawaii, state government. The Attorney General is responsible for the prosecution of offenses under state law. The Attorney General can only be removed by an act of the state senate. In rare occasions, the Attorney General serves as acting governor in the absence of both the governor and lieutenant governor from the state for an extended period of time.
The office has existed in several forms throughout the history of the Hawaiian Islands. It was created by Kamehameha III and was part of the administration of each successive monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The office was kept in the provisional government, after Liliuokalani and the monarchy was overthrown, and became a part of the succeeding administration of the Republic of Hawaii. A regular part of the American model of the executive branch of government, the office of attorney general was part of the Territory of Hawaii under Section 80 of the Hawaiian Organic Act and made an appointed office after statehood was achieved in 1959.
Though a non-partisan office, in territorial days the office of Attorney General was traditionally appointed from the political party of the sitting President of the United States who appointed the territorial governor. Similarly in statehood, the office of Attorney General has traditionally been appointed from the incumbent governor's political party, thus far Hawaii Republican Party, Republican or Democratic Party of Hawaii, Democratic.
The current Attorney General is Holly Shikada, who was appointed by David Ige, Governor David Ige on December 8, 2021. The Hawaii Senate confirmed Shikada's nomination on April 19, 2022.
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John Ricord served as the first Attorney General of Hawaii. He arrived in the Kingdom on February 27, 1844, on the ''Columbia''. He was the first Western-trained lawyer in the islands.
The previous year a land dispute by Richard Charlton (Hawaii), Richard Charlton led to a British occupation known as the Paulet Affair (1843), Paulet Affair. A related case of Ladd & Co. required lengthy arbitration. These cases would consume his entire time on the islands. Within a few weeks he swore allegiance to Kamehameha III and on March 9, 1844, was appointed first Attorney General. In July 1845 he joined the Privy Council.
On October 29, 1845, the executive branch of the government was formally organized through legislation he proposed. On May 17, 1847, he resigned all his offices, and on June 12 was released from his oath of allegiance, so he could resume his citizenship of the United States.
He left August 19, 1847.
The office of Attorney General was suspended until the 1860s.
His work on organizing the courts was taken over by the second trained attorney to arrive in the islands, William Little Lee.
Hawaii Attorney General
official website {{U.S. State Attorneys General Hawaii Attorneys General, 1844 establishments in Hawaii
Agencies
The Attorney General leads a department of 180 attorneys and 500 professional and support personnel. The department oversees various public services. These include administering the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, running the Missing Child Center, Child Support Enforcement Agency, Hawaii Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Hawaii Internet and Technology Crimes Unit, Office of Child Support Hearings, Tobacco Enforcement Unit, among others.Attorney General's Office/ref> In accordance with Chapter 846E of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Criminal Justice Data Center maintains a Sex offender registries in the United States, registry of sex offenders in the state.Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center Sex Offender Search
/ref> Likewise, the agency provides other criminal history information through the statewide criminal history record information system and Automated Fingerprint Identification System.Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center
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History
Origins
John Ricord served as the first Attorney General of Hawaii. He arrived in the Kingdom on February 27, 1844, on the ''Columbia''. He was the first Western-trained lawyer in the islands.
The previous year a land dispute by Richard Charlton (Hawaii), Richard Charlton led to a British occupation known as the Paulet Affair (1843), Paulet Affair. A related case of Ladd & Co. required lengthy arbitration. These cases would consume his entire time on the islands. Within a few weeks he swore allegiance to Kamehameha III and on March 9, 1844, was appointed first Attorney General. In July 1845 he joined the Privy Council.
On October 29, 1845, the executive branch of the government was formally organized through legislation he proposed. On May 17, 1847, he resigned all his offices, and on June 12 was released from his oath of allegiance, so he could resume his citizenship of the United States.
He left August 19, 1847.
The office of Attorney General was suspended until the 1860s.
His work on organizing the courts was taken over by the second trained attorney to arrive in the islands, William Little Lee.
Revival
On August 26, 1862, Kamehameha IV revived the office and appointed Charles Coffin Harris as Attorney General. Having an attorney general proved useful on constitutional matters. Kamehameha V insisted on a new constitution that would restore some of the power to the monarchy that had been lost over time. Harris issued his legal opinion that the king had such a right and produced an early draft. A constitutional convention failed to reach agreement, so Harris got the cabinet to negotiate directly with Kamehameha V leading to the promulgation of the 1864 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii, 1864 Constitution.Controversies
A more modern controversy happened with the failed 1998 confirmation by the state senate of popular sitting Attorney General Margery Bronster, as political payback for her actions to reform the corrupt Kamehameha Schools, Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate whose trustees were friends of various powerful legislators, many Hawaii residents called for the right to elect the attorney general. Several attempts failed to create the constitutional amendment.List of attorneys general
The attorneys general with dates of service:Kingdom of Hawaii
Republic of Hawaii
Territory of Hawaii
* Henry Ernest Cooper, 1899–1900 * Edmund Pearson Dole, 1900–1903 * Lorrin Andrews, 1903–1905 (grandson of missionary Lorrin Andrews) * Emil C. Peters, 1905–1907 * Charles R. Hemenway, 1907–1910 * Alexander Lindsay Jr., 1910–1912 * Wade Warren Thayer, 1913–1914 * Ingram M. Stainback, 1914–1918 * Arthur G. Smith, 1918 * Harry Irwin, 1918–1922 * John A. Matthewman, 1922–1925 * William B. Lymer, 1925–1928 * Harry P. Hewitt, 1928–1934 * William B. Pittman, 1934–1936 * S. B. Kemp, 1937–1938 * Joseph V. Hodgson, 1938–1942 * Ernest K. Kai, 1942 * J. Garner Anthony, 1942–1943 * Cyrus Nils Tavares, 1944–1947 * Walter D. Ackerman Jr., 1947–1952 * Michiro Watanabe, 1952–1953 * Edward N. Sylva, 1953–1956 * Richard K. Sharpless, 1956–1957 * Shiro Kashiwa, 1957 * Herbert Choy, Herbert Young Cho Choy, 1957–1958 * Jack Mizuha, Jack H. Mizuha, 1958–1959State of Hawaii
* Jack Mizuha, Jack H. Mizuha, 1959 * Shiro Kashiwa, 1959–1960 *Bert Kobayashi 1962–1969 *Bertram Kanbara 1969–1971 * George T. H. Pai 1971 *Ronald Amemiya, 1974–1978 *Wayne Minami 1978–1981 *Tany S. Hong, 1981–1984 *Michael A. Lilly, 1984–1985 *Corinne Watanabe 1985–1986 *Warren Price, III 1986–1992 *Robert A. Marks 1992–95 *Margery Bronster, 1995–1998 *Earl I. Anzai, 1999–2002 *Mark J. Bennett, 2003–2010 *David M. Louie, 2011–2014 *Russell Suzuki , 2014–2015 *Doug Chin, 2015–2018 *Russell Suzuki, 2018–2019 *Clare E. Connors, 2019–2021 *Holly Shikada, 2021–presentSee also
*Cabinet of the Kingdom of HawaiiReferences
*External links
Hawaii Attorney General
official website {{U.S. State Attorneys General Hawaii Attorneys General, 1844 establishments in Hawaii