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# Bryant G.F.Y Zane

Hawaii District Court, First Circuit · District Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Hawaii District Court, First Circuit
- State: Hawaii
- Role: District Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- 30 Sept 2019 · Zane is currently employed as a Deputy Public Defender with the Office of the Public Defender
- The official September 11, 2020 announcement appointed Bryant Zane to the District Court, replacing Trish Morikawa, who had become a Circuit Court judge
- Bryant Zane is a judge of the O'ahu First Circuit District Court of Hawaii

### Education


### Additional information

- Bryant G.F.Y. Zane is a District Judge of the District Court of the First Circuit in Hawaiʻi, currently serving a term that ends November 15, 2026, and has petitioned for retention for an additional six-year term
- The Hawaii State Senate's September 30, 2019 judicial-nominee release identifies Bryant G.F.Y. Zane as a Deputy Public Defender with the Office of the Public Defender, a Howard University School of Law graduate, admitted to the Hawaii State Bar in 1996.
- He graduated from Howard University School of Law and joined the Hawaii bar in 1996.
- The release concerns nominees for First Circuit District Family Court vacancies and explains the Chief Justice may assign judges to district or district family calendars.
- Find the judge, magistrate or referee assigned to your case, by state or county.
- Then a deputy public defender and earlier a Kauai deputy prosecuting attorney.
- Judge Zane presides over cases in the District Court of the First Circuit, which covers the island of Oʻahu.
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- Works For: O'ahu First Circuit Family Court of Hawai'i.
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- It is my privilege to write today in support of the confirmation of Bryant G.F.Y. Zane to the District Court of the First Circuit.
- The Chief Justice intended to assign him to a District Family Court calendar upon Senate confirmation.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### extended coverage notice

Scope: statewide

Hawaii requires news media to notify a court coordinator before electronic or photographic coverage of a judicial proceeding, including audio recording, film, videotape, or still photography.

Evidence excerpt: The news media must notify a court coordinator of their intent to provide any electronic or photographic coverage of a judicial proceeding.

[Cameras and Audio Equipment](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/news_and_reports/media_guidelines/cameras_and_audio_equipment)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### camera microphone placement

Scope: statewide

Hawaii leaves courtroom camera and microphone placement to the judge and cautions that judges may differ on placement rules.

Evidence excerpt: The judge will decide where cameras and microphones can be placed in the courtroom. Judges differ on this - so please ask.

[Cameras and Audio Equipment](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/news_and_reports/media_guidelines/cameras_and_audio_equipment)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/general_information/contact/judges_phone_listing_1c)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/general_information/contact/judges_phone_listing_1c)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/general_information/contact/judges_phone_listing_1c)
- [Cameras and Audio Equipment](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/news_and_reports/media_guidelines/cameras_and_audio_equipment)
- [Remote Court Hearings via Zoom](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/remote-court-hearings-via-zoom-or-webex)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary judicial profile or roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/general_information/contact/judges_phone_listing_1c)
- [www.hawaiisenatemajority.com](https://www.hawaiisenatemajority.com/press-release/chief-justice-seeks-public-comment-on-judicial-nominees)
- [www.courts.state.hi.us](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/our-judges/2026/05/notice-of-petition-for-retention-the-honorable-bryant-g-f-y-zane-release-date-05-29-2026)
- [www.courts.state.hi.us](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/our-judges)
- [legalreportcard.com](https://legalreportcard.com/judge/j-bryant-g-f-y-zane-hi-first-circuit)
- [ballotpedia.org](https://ballotpedia.org/Bryant_Zane)
- [statelegals.staradvertiser.com](https://statelegals.staradvertiser.com/2026/05/31/0001529392-01/)
- [data.capitol.hawaii.gov](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/splsession2020a/JC3_TESTIMONY_JDC_10-01-20.pdf)
- [www.hawaiifreepress.com](https://www.hawaiifreepress.com/Articles-Main/ID/21305/Maui-Six-Nominees-for-2nd-District-Court-Judge)
- [www.hawaiifreepress.com](https://www.hawaiifreepress.com/Articles-Main/ID/26379/Senate-Special-Session-approves-judicial-appointments)
- [www.courts.state.hi.us](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/news_and_reports/2020/09/chief-justice-appoints-district-and-district-family-court-judges)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary judicial profile or roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/general_information/contact/judges_phone_listing_1c)

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