Todd W. Eddins at a glance
- Current role
- Associate Justice
- Jurisdiction
- Hawaii · State
- Judicial service
- Active
- Term and retention
- Current term ends December 10, 2030
Todd W. Eddins
Associate Justice · Supreme Court of Hawaii
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Biography
Professional career
- Law clerk to Justice Yoshimi Hayashi of the Hawai‘i Supreme Court
- Law clerk to Justice Yoshimi Hayashi, Hawaii Supreme Court
- Public defender, Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii
- Associate Justice, Hawaii Supreme Court
- After law school, he clerked for Justice Yoshimi Hayashi of the Hawai‘i Supreme Court and later served as a public defender for over a decade, gaining extensive trial experience
Education
- William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in, where he held the role of Executive Editor of the University of Hawaii Law Review — J.D. (1991)
Additional information
- In 2017, Governor David Ige appointed him to the O‘ahu First Circuit Court, where he presided over 85 jury trials and numerous complex cases On December 11, 2020, Eddins was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Hawai‘i Supreme Court, following unanimous confirmation by the Hawai‘i Senate.
- Bachelor of Business Administration from the College of William & Mary in 1986
- Todd W. Eddins was born on March 18, 1964, in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
- Public defender for over ten years.
- More than ten years.
- Attorney, Private practice
- Criminal, civil and appellate litigation; official bio notes lead counsel in 120 jury trials.
- Tayshea Aiwohi, which clarified that a fetus is not considered a person under Hawai‘i law.
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