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Leslie Kobayashi's Biography

Contact Information

United States District Court, District of Hawaii
300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room C-338
Honolulu, HI 96850

Full Name:

Leslie Emi Kobayashi

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1957

Birth Place:

Mount Holly, NJ

JD, Boston College School of Law, 1983

BA, Wellesley College, 1979

No political experience information on file.

Judge, United States District Court, District of Hawaii, 2010-present

Presiding Judge, Pilot Program, Reentry Court, District of Hawaii, 2010-2011

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, District of Hawaii, April 21, 2010

Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, District of Hawaii, 1999-2010

Confirmed by United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Hawaii, December 22, 2010

Adjunct Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2000, 2001

Lawyer, Private Practice, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1984-1999

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1983-1984

Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Ninth Circuit, present

Former Bencher, Aloha Inn, American Inns of Court

Former Member, American Judicature Society, Hawai`i Chapter

Former Member, Conference Executive Planning Committee, Ninth Circuit

Former Member, Magistrate Judges’ Executive Board, Ninth Circuit

Awards:

Outstanding Judicial Achievement Award, Hawai`i Women Lawyers, 2011; Outstanding Adjunct Award, Hawaii Women Lawyers, 2002

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