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David Louie Confirmed as Hawaii Attorney General

Today, May 3, 2011,  the Hawaii Legislature unanimously voted to confirm David Louie as Hawaii Attorney General.

Mr. Louie is the last of Governor Abercrombie's appointees to be seated.

Our prior posts and live blogs of the confirmation process for Mr. Louie are available here, here and here.

Live Blog of Confirmation Hearing for Hawaii Attorney General, Part 2

Part 2 of the confirmation hearing for Hawaii's new Attorney General David M. Louie will take place on Tuesday April 5, 2011 at 9:00 am in the legislature building.  Join us here as we live blog the event (technology permitting):

 

 

The live blog of the first part of the confirmation hearing is available here.

The notice on the deferred hearing date of April 5, 2011 is here.

Testimony recieved by the Senate Judiciary Committe is available here and here.

  

Live Blog of Hawaii Attorney General Confirmation Hearing

Join us as we live blog the confirmation hearing for the new Hawaii Attorney General, David M. Louie (technology permitting).

Mr. Louie has been acting Attorney General since January 14, 2011, following the retirement of Hawaii's former Attorney General Mark Bennett. 

Prior to being nominated to be Attorney General by Governor Abercrombie, Mr. Louie was a founding member and managing partner at the Honolulu law firm of Roeca Louie & Hiraoka.  Mr. Louie graduated from Occidental College (cum laude) in 1973 with an A.B. in Sociology, and received his J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1977.  From 1977 to 1988, Mr. Louie was an attorney at Case & Lynch.

We previously announced the confirmation hearing here.

Hawaii Attorney General Confirmation Hearing

The Senate Judiciary Committe has announced that it will hold a confirmation hearing on Hawaii's newest Attorney General, David M. Louie, on Tuesday March 29, 2011.

The hearing will take place in Conference Room 016 in the State Capitol Building at 9:30 am.

Mr. Louie has been acting AG since Mark Bennett's retirement.  If confirmed, Mr. Louie's term would expire December 1, 2014.

For more information on the hearing and how to submit testimony, see the Notice of Hearing here.