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Shiro Kashiwa

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1972–1982

Shiro Kashiwa , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Shiro Kashiwa (Japanese: 柏 至朗, October 24, 1912 – March 13, 1998) was an American lawyer and judge who was the first Attorney General of Hawaii to be appointed after it became a state in 1959. He served as a judge of the United States Court of Claims, then as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. from 1982 to 1986.

Education

  • University of MichiganB.S., 1935
  • University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D., 1936

Career

Private practice, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1937-1959, 1963-1969; Attorney general, State of Hawaii, 1959-1963; Assistant attorney general, Land and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1969-1972

Biography

Shiro Kashiwa (Japanese: 柏 至朗, October 24, 1912 – March 13, 1998) was an American lawyer and judge who was the first Attorney General of Hawaii to be appointed after it became a state in 1959. He served as a judge of the United States Court of Claims, then as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. from 1982 to 1986.

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