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# David R. Harada-Stone

Hawaii District and District Family Courts, Third Circuit · Per Diem Judge

## Profile

- Court: Hawaii District and District Family Courts, Third Circuit
- State: Hawaii
- Role: Per Diem Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-09

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Per diem judge, Third Circuit District & Family Courts (since June 2023)
- He has held the position of a Third Circuit District and Family Court per diem judge since June 2023 and Court Annexed Arbitration Program arbitrator since 2002.
- David R. Harada‐Stone is an American lawyer and per diem judge in Hawaiʻi’s Third Circuit (Hawaiʻi Island)
- His practice includes insurance coverage, bad-faith defense, uninsured/underinsured motorist arbitrations, personal injury defense, employment litigation, business disputes, torts, mediation, arbitration, trial and appellate advocacy

### Education

- His professional biography reports an LLM with honors from University of Connecticut School of Law Insurance Law Center in 2026.
- In 2025 he completed Mediating the Litigated Case at Pepperdine’s Straus Institute.
- David R. Harada-Stone graduated from Roosevelt High School in Honolulu in 1978, obtained a BA in journalism at University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1986, and a law degree at William S. Richardson School of Law in 1994.

### Additional information

- Current per diem judge serving in the District and/or District Family courts in Hawaii's Third Circuit.
- He clerked for federal Judge Samuel P. King, then worked at McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon and Tom Petrus & Miller in Honolulu before joining the Law Offices of Jerry Hiatt on Hawaii Island.
- He was editor-in-chief of the University of Hawaii Law Review.
- He completed basic and divorce/domestic mediation training at West Hawaii Mediation Center, and there he volunteers.

## 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/courts/district/perdiem/third_circuit)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/district/perdiem/third_circuit)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/district/perdiem/third_circuit)
- [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/courts/district/perdiem/third_circuit)
- [dprhawaii.com](https://dprhawaii.com/panel_members/david-r-harada-stone-esq/)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary judicial profile or roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/district/perdiem/third_circuit)

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