Susan Oki Mollway
| Susan Oki Mollway | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii | |
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Assumed office November 6, 2015 |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii | |
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In office June 16, 2009 – November 6, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Helen Gillmor |
| Succeeded by | John Michael Seabright |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii | |
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In office August 4, 1998 – November 6, 2015 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Harold Michael Fong |
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Susan Oki 1950 (age 66–67) Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii |
| Spouse(s) | Daniel J. Mollway |
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University of Hawaii B.A., M.A. Harvard Law School J.D. |
Susan Oki Mollway (born 1950) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the first Asian woman ever appointed to the federal bench.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Susan Oki earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from the University of Hawaii in 1971 and a Master of Arts degree in English literature from the University of Hawaii in 1973. She graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1981, where she was the Editor in Chief of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
She and her husband, Daniel have a son.
Mollway taught English and worked at an English-language publisher in Tokyo from 1975-77. After law school, she worked in private legal practice at Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright in Honolulu from 1981 until 1998, when she joined the federal bench. She became a partner at that law firm in 1986. She served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law from 1988-89.
Mollway has received a number of awards, including:
Mollway was first nominated in December 1995 by President Bill Clinton to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii to fill the vacancy created by the 1995 death of Judge Harold Michael Fong. After her nomination lapsed without action by the United States Senate, she was renominated on January 7, 1997, to the same seat. She was confirmed by the Senate on June 22, 1998, and received commission on June 23, 1998. She served as Chief Judge from 2009 to 2015. She assumed senior status on November 6, 2015.
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