--- title: "Kenneth Mansfield | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kenneth-mansfield-hawaii-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Kenneth Mansfield U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii - State: Hawaii - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Selected as a U.S. magistrate judge for the District of Hawaii in April 2016 following Barry M. Kurren's retirement - Kenneth J. Mansfield is a United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, appointed in 2016 and later serving as Chief Magistrate Judge - under the District of Hawaii’s judicial leadership, with the court’s Chief Judge being Derrick K. Watson ### Education - Middlebury College — Economics — B.A. (1994) ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, D. Hawaii, 2016-present - Judge Mansfield has been on the bench since April 1, 2016, when he was selected to replace Magistrate Judge Barry M. Kurren. - Practitioner, McCorriston, Miller, Mukai, MacKinnon, 1998–2016-03 - He moved to Honolulu in August 1998 to join McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon and became a partner in 2003, practicing litigation, health care, government contracts, insurance, employment and government relations. - Practitioner, Greenbaum, Rowe Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel, through 1998 - J.D. — Univ. of Pennsylvania — 1997 - Publicly available order data shows Judge Mansfield has handled a range of motions, including summary judgment, motions to dismiss, and settlement determinations. - After law school he held a position as a commercial litigation associate at Greenbaum, Rowe Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel in New Jersey. - He graduated cum laude from Middlebury College with a double major in Economics and Marine Science and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and there he participated in the Environmental Moot Court team. - Kenneth J. Mansfield was born in Staten Island, New York and grew up along the New Jersey shore. ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=97) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=97) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=97) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9207/kenneth-mansfield/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9207/kenneth-mansfield/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Kenneth J. Mansfield](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) - [www.hid.uscourts.gov](https://www.hid.uscourts.gov/docs/bios/KJM_Bio1.pdf) - [www.hid.uscourts.gov](https://www.hid.uscourts.gov/judges/11) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9207/kenneth-mansfield/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Kenneth J. Mansfield](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kenneth-mansfield-hawaii-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kenneth-mansfield-hawaii-us-magistrate", "name": "Kenneth Mansfield | KnowJudges", "description": "Kenneth Mansfield, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.