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# Lisa M. Ginoza

Supreme Court of Hawaii · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Hawaii
- State: Hawaii
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

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

## 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

## 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/supreme/justices/justices)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/supreme/justices/justices)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/supreme/justices/justices)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7198/lisa-m-ginoza/)
- [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/supreme/justices/justices)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7198/lisa-m-ginoza/)
- [Wikidata: Lisa M. Ginoza](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56879409)
- [www.courts.state.hi.us](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/appeals/associate_judge_lisa_m_ginoza)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary judicial profile or roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/supreme/justices/justices)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7198/lisa-m-ginoza/)
- [Wikidata: Lisa M. Ginoza](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56879409)

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