David Alan Ezra
| David Alan Ezra | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii | |
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Assumed office June 27, 2012 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii | |
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In office May 20, 1988 – June 27, 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Samuel Pailthorpe King |
| Succeeded by | Derrick Kahala Watson |
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| Born | 1947 (age 69–70) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
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St. Mary's University (B.B.A.) St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D.) |
David Alan Ezra (born 1947) is a Senior District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Ezra received a B.B.A. from St. Mary's University in 1969, followed by a J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1972, where he graduated first in his class. He was a commissioned officer in the United States Army Reserve from 1971 to 1977, and was a law clerk in the Office of the Corporation Counsel for the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii in 1972.
Ezra was in private practice in Honolulu from 1972 to 1988 becoming a partner in the law firm of Anthony, Hoddick, Reinwald, and O'Connor in 1980. Ezra became the Managing Partner of the law firm of Ezra, O'Connor, Moon and Tam in 1981. Adjunct professor of law at the William S. Richardson School of Law since 1978, the school awarded him the UH Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. In 2007 St. Mary's University Awarded Ezra their Rosewood Gavel Award and in 2013 St. Mary's University School of Law awarded him their Lifetime Achievement Award.
On November 18, 1987, Ezra was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii vacated by Samuel Pailthorpe King. Ezra was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 19, 1988, and received his commission on May 20, 1988. He served as chief judge from 1999 to 2005. Ezra was the youngest federal judge ever appointed to the District of Hawaii and the only federal judge from Hawaii to be elected to the Judicial Conference of the United States. Ezra also served as Secretary, Vice President, and President of the District Judges Association of the Ninth Circuit and served multiple terms on the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council. He also served as Vice President of the Federal Judges Association and remains a member of the Board of Directors. Ezra was appointed and served on the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System and was its long range planning chairman. In 2010 Ezra was appointed to the Council on Budget and Finance of the Judicial Conference of the United States. Ezra continues to be designated to serve on federal courts both within and outside the Ninth Circuit, particularly in complex cases, and is often designated to sit on the Court of Appeals. He assumed senior status on June 27, 2012 having served as an active judge in regular service longer than any other judge in Hawaii history. Ezra continues to carry a full caseload.
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