How do judges of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals / Joined 1980 / Served to 1984

Bertram Teruo Kanbara

Judge, Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals

Bertram Teruo Kanbara was a Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1980. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1926 · age 100
Tenure: 1980–1984 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1980	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Harvard University

Judicial Record

In our data, Kanbara authored 0 published opinions for the court (1982), plus 1 dissent. Most cited: Wolfer v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York (21 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 1 of these was attributed to Kanbara by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1982	Wolfer v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York· Dissent†	641 P.2d 1349	21

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Bertram Teruo Kanbara on?: Bertram Teruo Kanbara was a Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals.

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4 years on the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).