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Mark Recktenwald
Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office September 14, 2010
Appointed by	Linda Lingle
Preceded by	Ronald Moon
Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court
In office May 5, 2009 – September 14, 2010
Appointed by	Linda Lingle
Preceded by	Steven Levinson
Succeeded by	Sabrina McKenna
Personal details
Born	(1955-10-08) October 8, 1955 (age 69) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (JD)

Mark E. Recktenwald (born October 8, 1955) is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Background

Recktenwald was born to Bill Recktenwald, a patent attorney, and Connie Recktenwald, a high school English teacher. He grew up in Lake Forest, Illinois, and attended public school there until he transferred to Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts. After graduating from Deerfield in 1978, he then went to Harvard University, where he graduated with honors. He wrote a thesis for his degree in anthropology titled "State and Economy in Moche III-IV Society". After graduating, he worked on Congressman John Anderson's presidential campaign. Anderson lost to Ronald Reagan in the primary, but then ran as an independent. He came to Hawaii in 1980 to advance a visit for Anderson's running mate, Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey. It was on this visit where he met his wife Gailynn Mahoe Williamson, who was a philosophy professor at Leeward Community College. He returned after the campaign ended for a vacation, but ended up staying and working for Sen. Ann Kobayashi. Recktenwald married Williamson in 1985. They have a son Andrew born c. 1989 and daughter Sarah born c. 1992, who are both lawyers. Recktenwald also has a stepson through his wife. Recktenwald worked as a reporter in the United Press International’s Honolulu Bureau. He graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1986. He published a paper on employment discrimination cases.

Career

After law school, Recktenwald became a clerk for judge Harold Michael Fong of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii until 1987. He then became an associate with Goodsill Anderson Quinn and Stifel in 1988. In 1991 he became assistant United States Attorney, litigating both civil and criminal cases. He served as the health care fraud coordinator and environmental law enforcement coordinator for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and was a prosecutor in other types of cases. In 1997 he became partner with the law firm of Marr Hipp Jones and Pepper specializing in employment litigation. In 1999 he returned to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He became director of the Hawaii state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) in 2003.

Judicial service

In May 2007 he was appointed chief judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals. He participated in more than 250 cases and authored 10 published opinions. In February 2009 (confirmed in May 2009) he replaced retired Associate Justice Steven H. Levinson on the Supreme Court of Hawaii. On August 13, 2010, Recktenwald was nominated for chief justice by Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle. He was retained for a second term as Chief Justice and sworn in by Justice Paula A. Nakayama on September 11, 2020.

References

1. "Mark e. Recktenwald 1956 - Sök på Google". Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
2. ^ Catherine E. Toth (May 16, 2005). "Leadership Corner: Mark E. Recktenwald". Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
3. "Chief of the Third Branch". 2 February 2017.
4. "Chief of the Third Branch". 2 February 2017.
5. "Honor Roll: Class of 1986". University of Chicago Law School. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
6. Recktenwald, Mark E. (Winter 1986). "Collateral Attacks on Employment Discrimination Consent Decrees". The University of Chicago Law Review. 53 (1): 147–182. doi:10.2307/1599619. JSTOR 1599619. Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
7. "Chief Judge Mark E. Recktenwald". Hawaiʻi State Judiciary. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011.
8. "Governor Lingle Nominates Mark Recktenwald as Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Associate Justice". state of Hawaii press release. Archived from the original on October 20, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
9. "Governor Lingle Nominates Mark Recktenwald as Chief Justice". state of Hawaii press release. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
10. "Recktenwald retained as Hawaii Supreme Court Chief Justice". West Hawaii Today. September 23, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.

v t e Statewide political officials of Hawaii
U.S. senators	Brian Schatz Mazie Hirono
State government	Josh Green, Governor Sylvia Luke, Lieutenant Governor Anne E. Lopez, Attorney General (appointed) Luis Salaveria, Finance Director (appointed)
Senate	Ron Kouchi, President Michelle Kidani, Vice President Dru Kanuha, Majority Leader Kurt Fevella, Minority Leader
House	Nadine Nakamura, Speaker Linda Ichiyama, Vice Speaker Sean Quinlan, Majority Leader Lauren Matsumoto, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Mark Recktenwald, Chief Justice Sabrina McKenna Todd W. Eddins Lisa M. Ginoza Vladimir Devens, Associate Justices

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