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# Kirstin M. Hamman

Hawaii Circuit Court, Second Circuit · Circuit Court Judge, Chief Judge

## Profile

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

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Sworn in as a Circuit Court Judge on December 17, 2021, following her appointment by Governor David Ige
- Circuit Court Judge (Second Circuit): Appointed October 8, 2021, confirmed October 29, 2021
- She became a Second Circuit Court judge in December 2021, filling Rhonda I. Loo's vacancy
- Became a full-time District Court Judge in 2018
- Sworn in as a full-time district judge in 2018 after per diem service beginning in 2014.
- District Court Judge (Second Circuit): held the role of a per diem judge beginning July 2014
- Circuit Court Judge, Hawaii Circuit Court, Second Circuit
- Judge in the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary, serving the Second Circuit (Maui County)

### Education



### Additional information

- She graduated from UH West Oahu and William S. Richardson School of Law, and was admitted to the Hawaii bar in 1997.
- Private practice specializing in family law and special education law (Legal Practice).
- Succeeded Judge Rhonda I.L. Loo
- Maui Office of Council Services, Public Defender's Office and Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, and clerked for Judge Boyd Mossman and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission.
- She previously worked as an attorney with the Maui Office of Council Services, the Public Defender’s Office, and the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii.
- Her private practice focused on family and special education law.

## 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/hamman)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/hamman)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/hamman)
- [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/hamman)
- [mauinow.com](https://mauinow.com/2021/12/17/kristin-hamman-sworn-in-as-circuit-court-judge-on-maui/)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary judicial profile or roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/hamman)

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