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# Kyle Dowd

Hawaii Family Court, First Circuit · Per Diem Family Court Judge

## Profile

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

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Dowd’s judicial appointment was made through the Judicial Selection Commission process, and his role as a Per Diem Judge is part of the Hawaii Judiciary’s ongoing staffing for the First Circuit

### Education


### Additional information

- Law Office of Kyle T. Dowd, LLLC (2024–present)
- The reproduced March 2025 Judiciary notice lists him as a nominee; the separate appointments reported on this page concern other people.
- Kyle T. Dowd is a Per Diem District Family Court Judge in Hawaii’s First Circuit, serving in the District Court of Oʻahu, and is a licensed attorney admitted to the Hawaiʻi State Bar in 2011
- He graduated from Seattle University School of Law and was admitted to the Hawaii bar in 2011.
- Currently employed with the Law Office of Kyle T. Dowd, LLLC in Honolulu.
- Current per diem judge presiding only in Family Court in Hawaii's First Circuit.
- Kyle T. Dowd is listed among the Per Diem Judges for the First Judicial Circuit (Oʻahu).
- As a Per Diem Judge, he presides over cases in the District and/or District Family Courts on a part‐time basis, as opposed to full‐time judges.
- Kyle T. Dowd practices at the Law Office of Kyle T. Dowd and serves as a per diem District Family Court judge in the First Circuit.

## 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/first_circuit)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/district/first_circuit)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/district/first_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/first_circuit)
- [www.hawaiifreepress.com](https://www.hawaiifreepress.com/Articles-Main/ID/43354/Chief-Justice-Names-Three-Oahu-Family-Court-Judges)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary judicial profile or roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/district/first_circuit)

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