Lisa W. Cataldo at a glance
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- Circuit Court Judge
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- Hawaii · State
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- Term and retention
- Current term ends January 5, 2030
Lisa W. Cataldo
Circuit Court Judge · Hawaii Circuit Court, First Circuit
Biography
Professional career
- Circuit Court Judge in Hawaii’s First Circuit (Oʻahu), serving a 10‐year term from January 6, 2020, to January 5, 2030, and also as a Senior Environmental Court Judge
- Sworn in on January 6, 2020, with the oath administered by Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald
- Sworn in as a First Circuit Court judge on January 6, 2020 for a ten-year term
- Position: Circuit Court Judge (Civil) and Senior Environmental Court Judge
- She also held the role of a part‐time federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court, District of Hawaiʻi (Kwajalein, Republic of the Marshall Islands) and clerked for Senior Judge Roger D. Foley of the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
- She earlier served for two years as a part-time federal magistrate judge stationed in Kwajalein in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, clerked for U.S. District Judge Roger D. Foley in Nevada, and held a position as an associate in San Francisco and Honolulu
- Before joining the state circuit bench, she was a partner at McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon
- Before joining the judiciary, Cataldo was a partner at McCorriston Miller Mukai Mackinnon (M4) in Honolulu, where she handled a diverse litigation practice including commercial, employment, disability, insurance defense, constitutional/civil rights, and land use matters.
Education
- Oregon State University — B.S.
Additional information
- Appointed by Governor David Ige in August 2019 to fill the vacancy left by Judge Virginia L. Crandall’s retirement.
- Governor David Ige selected her in 2019 for the vacancy following Virginia Crandall’s retirement.
- handling commercial, employment, disability, insurance defense, constitutional and civil-rights, and land-use litigation.
- She graduated from UC Hastings College of Law
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