Lance D. Collins

Professional career

• Nominee for Circuit Judge: Listed by the Judicial Selection Commission as one of the nominees for the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit vacancy created by Judge Kelsey T. Kawano’s retirement in December 2025

Education

Additional information

• The February 11, 2026 Governor notice identifies him as an Intermediate Court of Appeals nominee.
• Current per diem judge serving in the District and/or District Family courts in Hawaii's Second Circuit.
• Per Diem Judge: Serves in the Maui Second Circuit District Court and District Family Court, presiding over cases as needed
• President and principal of the Law Office of Lance D. Collins and serves as a per diem District Family Court judge.
• He graduated from the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law.
• Per diem District and District Family Court Judge for the Maui Second Circuit in Hawaiʻi, a private attorney specializing in business and administrative law, and a nominee for a Circuit Judge vacancy in the Second Circuit