Kristine Y. Yoo

Professional career

• Judge, Oʻahu First Circuit District Court of Hawaiʻi (2018–present)
• Appointed to the First Circuit District Court by Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald in 2018, subject to Senate confirmation
• Circuit Court Judge, Hawaii Circuit Court, First Circuit

Education

Additional information

• First appointed in 2018 and later began a new term on August 30, 2024, set to end on August 29, 2029
• Her judicial term was scheduled to expire on August 29, 2024, and she petitioned for retention under Hawaiʻi’s constitutional process.
• She graduated from the University of California Hastings College of Law, entered the California bar in 2000 and the Hawaii bar in 2003.
• She earlier held the role of a Honolulu deputy prosecuting attorney for fourteen years, held a position as an AmeriCorps attorney at Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and practiced at Howie, Long & Smith in California.
• Her as vice president of Hawaii Women Lawyers and a Pacific Century Fellow.