Lisa M. Ginoza at a glance
- Current role
- Associate Justice
- Jurisdiction
- Hawaii · State
- Judicial service
- Active
- Term and retention
- Current term ends January 11, 2034
Lisa M. Ginoza
Associate Justice · Supreme Court of Hawaii
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Biography
Professional career
- Judge, Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, 2010-present
- Lisa M. Ginoza took the oath as a Hawaii Supreme Court associate justice on January 12, 2024
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, sworn in on January 12, 2024, after serving as Chief Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals from 2018 to 2024
- Predecessor: Justice Michael D. Wilson (retired March 31, 2023)
- Associate Judge, Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA): May 6, 2010 – April 24, 2018
- She became chief judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals on April 24, 2018, after serving as an associate judge from May 6, 2010.
- She also held the role of an adjunct professor in appellate advocacy at the William S. Richardson School of Law
Education
- University of Hawaiʻi System
- Oregon State University — B.A.
- William S. Richardson School of Law — J.D.
Additional information
- Chief Judge, ICA: April 24, 2018 – Jan.
- Practitioner, 2009-2009
- prof, 2009-2009
- Date of birth: 1964-10-20
- She attended Kailua High School and Oregon State University as an undergraduate.
- Before joining the judiciary, Ginoza had over 14 years in private civil litigation practice at McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon, where she became a partner.
- She graduated from the William S. Richardson School of Law, clerked for U.S. District Judge Samuel P. King, practiced civil law for more than fourteen years, and held the role of first deputy attorney general.
- Birth place: Honolulu
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