Monthly Archives: November 2011

On Sunday, November 27, 2011, I attended the Yin Sit Sha Society dinner at Empress
Restaurant from 5:30 P.M. This organization is made up of descendants of Chinese rice farmers in Punalu’u. I was invited to this event by Tricia Nakamatsu.

On Friday, November 25, 2011, I watched Cathy Lowenberg, a Honolulu Deputy Prosecuting Attorney sing with her band “Missing Dave at “The Edge”. I really enjoyed it!

On Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 6:00 P.M., I attended my 2nd cousin Tatum’s 6th birthday.

On Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 6:00 P.M., I attended the Charming China Contemporary Classic Art Exhibition Dinner at Jade Dynasty Restaurant in Ala Moana Shopping Center.

The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu advocated for a bill, passed by the Hawaii State Legislature this year, that included language from three of the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney’s 2011 Legislative Package’s bills that makes promoting prostitution a Class A felony; makes “habitual solicitation of prostitution” a Class C felony; and gives victims of prostitution better access to witness protection [House Bill 240, SD1, CD1 became Act 145, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248)].  The department also played a key role in passing a bill that extended the time for temporary restraining orders from 90 days to 180 days [House Bill 968, HD1, SD1 became Act 085, on 6/8/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188)].

On Sunday, October 30, 2011 from 6:00 P.M., I attended the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce Halloween party at Queen Kapiolani Hotel.

On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, from 4:00 P.M., I attended the swearing-in ceremony of new Oahu Circuit Court Judge Karen Tooko Nakasone at the Hawaii Supreme Court.  I saw a lot of friends, including former Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Ronald T.Y. Moon who I worked with closely when I served as Judiciary Committee Chairman in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010.  I congratulate newly sworn-in Judge Karen Tooko Nakasone, and maybe I will appear before her as a trial attorney in the near future?

Today, November 4, 2011, I litigated a trial in Waianae District Court located in the Kapolei Courthouse that included speeding (Count 1) and OVUII (Mental impairment charge only in count 2). The court found a conviction on the speeding and dismissed the OVUII based on the totality of the circumstances.