John A. Montalbano

Professional career

• The official announcement says he had held the role of a per diem District Court judge since 2014 and was on temporary active military duty as Deputy Command Judge Advocate for the 9th MSC
• John Alberto Montalbano was named to the First Circuit District Family Court in September 2022 to replace retired Judge Sheri-Ann Iha.
• His volunteer work included the Kapolei Access to Justice Room, Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, court-annexed arbitration and mock-trial mentoring

Education

Additional information

• Appointed in 2022 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Sherri-Ann L. Iha
• He deployed as trial counsel with the 657th ASG in 2006–2007 supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, and was a Honolulu deputy prosecuting attorney from 2002 to 2008.
• He graduated from Golden Gate University School of Law and was admitted to the Hawaii bar in 2001.
• Oʻahu First Circuit Family Court in Honolulu County, Hawaiʻi.
• Family Court Judge, Hawaii Family Court, First Circuit.
• He earlier practiced family law at Farrell & Associate and civil litigation at Fukunaga Matayoshi Hershey & Ching.