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 2010 / Active

Lisa M. Ginoza

Judge, Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals

Lisa M. Ginoza is a Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, serving since 2010. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2010 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Oregon State University

Judicial Record

In our data, Ginoza authored 27 published opinions for the court (2010–2019), plus 1 dissent and 4 concurrences. Most cited: Wagner v. World Botanical Gardens, Inc. (28 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. 31 of these were attributed to Ginoza 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
2011	Wagner v. World Botanical Gardens, Inc.†	126 Haw. 190	28
2012	County of Hawai'i v. UniDev, LLC†	128 Haw. 378	11
2012	Isobe v. Sakatani†	127 Haw. 368	11
2011	Low v. MINICHINO· Dissent†	267 P.3d 683	8
2016	State v. Nelson†	139 Haw. 147	7
2013	Simmons v. Samulewicz†	129 Haw. 507	7
2013	Kauai Springs, Inc. v. Planning Commission†	130 Haw. 407	7
2014	Malulani Group, Ltd. v. Kaupo Ranch, Ltd.†	133 Haw. 425	6
2014	Tax Appeal of Kaheawa Wind Power, LLC v. County of Maui†	135 Haw. 202	5
2013	Vinson v. Association of Apartment Owners of Sands of Kahana†	130 Haw. 540	5
2017	Scholes v. Kiyoshi Kawaguchi†	419 P.3d 1029	4
2014	Anastasi v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Co.†	134 Haw. 400	4
2014	In re the Grievance Arbitration Between State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers & County of Kaua'i· Concurrence†	134 Haw. 155	4
2014	Adams v. Dole Food Co.†	132 Haw. 478	4
2012	Kutkowski v. Princeville Prince Golf Course, LLC· Concurrence†	128 Haw. 344	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 32 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 Lisa M. Ginoza on?: Lisa M. Ginoza is a Judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals.

Sources

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16 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).