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# Laurel Loo

Hawaii District and District Family Courts, Fifth Circuit · Per Diem Judge

## Profile

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

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- She edited Ka Leo during her senior year, held a position as a Honolulu Advertiser reporter in the 1980s with a weekly education column, and lectured in criminal justice at UH Hilo in 1998
- Earlier Roles: Girls Court judge on Kauaʻi for several years
- Laurel K.S. Loo is a per diem judge in the Fifth Circuit (Kauaʻi) District and Family Courts, and a co‐managing partner at McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP in Kauaʻi

### Education

- B.A in Journalism — University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- BA in journalism at UH Manoa and graduated from the William S. Richardson School of Law.

### Additional information

- She is a UH regent representing Kauai County, with a term ending in 2027.
- Current per diem judge serving in the District and/or District Family courts in Hawaii's Fifth Circuit.
- focusing on juvenile rehabilitation
- Listed among the active per diem judges for the Fifth Judicial Circuit
- Co-managing partner of McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon’s Kauai office and a per diem Family and District Court judge on Kauai.
- Loo has been recognized by the Kauaʻi Commission on the Status of Women and her alma mater, Waimea High School, for outstanding community leadership.
- Her work includes island land use and consulting on rezoning Kauai Community College.

## 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/fifth_circuit)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/district/fifth_circuit)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/district/fifth_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/fifth_circuit)
- [www.hawaii.edu](https://www.hawaii.edu/about/laurel-loo)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary judicial profile or roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/district/fifth_circuit)

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