Billy Kenoi
| Billy Kenoi | |
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Kenoi in 2011
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| 11th Mayor of Hawaii County | |
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In office December 1, 2008 – December 5, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Kim |
| Succeeded by | Harry Kim |
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| Born |
William Kenoi 1968/1969 (age 47–48) Kalapena, Hawaii |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Takako Culhane |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Massachusetts (B.A.) University of Hawaii (J.D.) |
William P. Kenoi is a Hawaiian politician who served as Mayor of Hawaii County from 2008-2016. Before being elected mayor, Kenoi served as a legislative aide in the State House and State Senate, a law clerk, a deputy public defender, and an Executive Assistant to then-mayor Harry Kim.
On November 1, 2016, then Mayor Billy Kenoi was found not guilty by a Hawaii island jury on all charges related to his alleged misuse of a purchasing card issued by Hawaii County.
Kenoi was born in Kalapana, and attended Waiakea High School. Kenoi attended both Hawaii Community College and University of Hawaii at Hilo, but then transferred to University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1990, and graduated in 1993. Kenoi had transferred through the National Student Exchange program, and later became the NSE's President in his first year there.
In 1992, Kenoi worked as an intern to Senator Daniel Inouye, during which time Kenoi attended the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
Upon graduating, Kenoi worked as a Legislative Aide to State Representative Les Ihara, Jr. during the 1993 Legislative Session. He then occupied the same position in the State Senate during the 1995 and 1996 sessions. After graduating from the William S. Richardson School of Law at UH Manoa in 1996, Kenoi passed the bar exam on his first attempt and then served as a clerk for Judge Richard K. Perkins of the Eighth Division of the First Circuit. Kenoi then worked as a Deputy Public Defender, where he served in the Appellate, Family Court, Juvenile Criminal and Adult Family Court divisions, before finishing his career at the Public Defender’s Office at the Circuit Court.
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