The Commission is comprised of twenty-two Commissioners. The various Commissioners are appointed as designated in Rule 21 by separate appointing authorities including the Chief Justice of the Hawai`i Supreme Court, the Hawai`i State Bar Association, the Hawai`i Consortium of Legal Service Providers, the Hawai`i Justice Foundation, the Williams S. Richardson School of Law, the Hawai`i Paralegal Association, the Governor, the Attorney General, the Senate President, and the Speaker of the House. The Commissioners are listed as follows:
Name | Appointed By | Term Ends | |
1. | Hon. Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. (ret.) | Chief Justice | 12/31/21 |
2. | Hon. Michael K. Soong | Chief Justice | 12/31/21 |
3. | Hon. Joseph E. Cardoza (Chair) | Chief Justice | 12/31/20 |
4. | Hon. Ronald Ibarra (ret.) | Chief Justice | 12/31/21 |
5. | Hon. Brian A. Costa | Chief Justice | 12/31/21 |
6. | Christine Daleiden | Hawai`i State Bar Association | 12/31/23 |
7. | Derek R. Kobayashi (Vice-Chair) | Hawai`i State Bar Association | 12/31/22 |
8. | Carol K. Muranaka | Hawai`i State Bar Association | 12/31/23 |
9. | Joanna E. Sokolow | Hawai`i State Bar Association | 12/31/22 |
10. | Angela Kuo Min (Volunteer Legal Services of Hawai`i) | Hawai`i Consortium of Legal Services Providers | 12/31/22 |
11. | M. Nalani Fujimori Kaina (Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i) |
Hawai`i Consortium of Legal Services Providers | 12/31/21 |
12. | Nanci Kreidman (Domestic Violence Action Center) |
Hawai`i Consortium of Legal Services Providers | 12/31/22 |
13. | Thomas A. Helper (Lawyers for Equal Justice) |
Hawai`i Consortium of Legal Services Providers | 12/31/22 |
14. | Heather Lusk (Non-attorney public representative) | Hawai`i Consortium of Legal Services Providers in consultation with Chief Justice | 12/31/21 |
15. | Rona Fukumoto (Non-attorney public representative) | Hawai`i Consortium of Legal Services Providers in consultation with Chief Justice | 12/31/23 |
16. | Gary M. Slovin | Hawaii Justice Foundation | 12/31/22 |
17. | Dean Aviam Soifer | William S. Richardson School of Law |
12/31/22 |
18. | Denise Arestad-Asuncion | Hawai`i Paralegal Association | 12/31/22 |
19. | Diane T. Ono | Governor | n/a |
20. | Marie M. Gavigan | Attorney General | n/a |
21. | Hon. Gilbert Keith-Agaran | Senate President | n/a |
22. | Hon. Della Au Belatti | House Speaker | n/a |