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 2008 / Active

Katherine G. Leonard

Judge, Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals

Katherine G. Leonard is a Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, serving since 2008. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2008 · 18 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Leonard authored 29 published opinions for the court (2009–2018), plus 2 concurrences. Most cited: Freddy Nobriga Enterprises, Inc. v. State, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (14 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. 29 of these were attributed to Leonard 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
2013	Freddy Nobriga Enterprises, Inc. v. State, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands†	129 Haw. 123	14
2012	Leone v. County of Maui†	128 Haw. 183	11
2011	Low v. MINICHINO†	267 P.3d 683	8
2012	Yang v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores†	128 Haw. 173	7
2011	Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. v. Silva	248 P.3d 1207	6
2010	In re the Arbitration Between UNITED PUBLIC WORKERS, AFSCME, LOCAL 646 & State, Department of Transportation†	124 Haw. 372	6
2015	Schmidt v. HSC, Inc.†	136 Haw. 158	5
2014	Jacoby v. Jacoby†	134 Haw. 431	5
2013	Slingluff v. State†	131 Haw. 239	5
2010	State v. Pratt	243 P.3d 289	5
2016	In re the Ishida-Waiakamilo Legacy Trust†	138 Haw. 98	4
2013	State v. Kong†	129 Haw. 135	4
2012	Kutkowski v. Princeville Prince Golf Course, LLC†	128 Haw. 344	4
2016	Yadao v. State†	137 Haw. 162	3
2014	In the Interest of PP†	133 Haw. 235	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 31 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

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 is Katherine G. Leonard on?: Katherine G. Leonard is a Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals.

Sources

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18 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).