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# Paul B.K Wong

Hawaii Circuit Court, First Circuit · Deputy Chief Administrative Judge

## Profile

- Court: Hawaii Circuit Court, First Circuit
- State: Hawaii
- Role: Deputy Chief Administrative Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Paul B.K. Wong is a Circuit Court Judge for the Oʻahu First Circuit in Hawaii, appointed in 2017, and currently serves as Deputy Chief Judge of the First Circuit
- District Judge: Served on the Oʻahu First Circuit District Court from 2012 to 2017, appointed by Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald
- Position: Circuit Court Judge, Oʻahu First Circuit (Division 1, Room 15)
- Earlier he held the role of a First Circuit District Judge, a partner at McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP and a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu

### Education


### Additional information

- Paul B.K. Wong was appointed to the First Circuit Circuit Court on December 20, 2017.
- Chief judge service: Deputy Chief Judge
- He graduated from the University of Southern California and Boston College Law School.

## 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/judge-paul-b-k-wong)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/judge-paul-b-k-wong)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/judge-paul-b-k-wong)
- [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/judge-paul-b-k-wong)
- [ballotpedia.org](https://ballotpedia.org/Paul_B.K._Wong)
- [primalinformation.com](https://primalinformation.com/paul-wong-judge/)
- [www.courts.state.hi.us](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/10.29.21-Jurist-of-the-Year-Paul-Wong.pdf)
- [Hawaii State Judiciary judicial profile or roster](https://www.courts.state.hi.us/judge-paul-b-k-wong)

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