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Susan Oki Mollway

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii · 1998

Susan Oki Mollway , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. The Senate voted 56–34 on the nomination on Jun 22, 1998 (Nomination Confirmed). Susan Naomi Oki Mollway (née Oki; born November 6, 1950) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the first woman of East Asian descent and Japanese-American woman ever appointed to a life-time position on the federal bench.

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii vice Harold M. Fong, deceased
    105th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    56–34 · Jun 22, 1998

Education

  • University of HawaiiB.A., 1971
  • University of HawaiiM.A., 1973
  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1981

Career

Private practice, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1981-1998; Adjunct professor of law, University of Hawaii School of Law, 1988-1989

Biography

Susan Naomi Oki Mollway (née Oki; born November 6, 1950) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the first woman of East Asian descent and Japanese-American woman ever appointed to a life-time position on the federal bench.

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