On Friday, January 11, 2013, from 4:00 P.M., Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tricia Nakamatsu and I attended the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law’s Constitutional Convention held at the school. My former Hawaii State House colleague and now Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell spoke on his experiences interpreting the law as a lawyer and making the law as a lawmaker. He talked about how the 1954 Democratic Revolution was a bloodless revolution that changed the direction of Hawaii in reducing discrimination and providing opportunity for all. He mentioned Chief Justice William S. Richardson, Governor John A. Burns, and U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye as among those who brought about this monumental change.
After the formal program, I enjoyed talking with the Mayor Caldwell and the law students at their reception in the law school’s courtyard. Former Attorney General and now attorney for the Ironworkers Union Ron Amemiya was there supporting a law student he is mentoring. His son Keith Amemiya’s wife Bonnie is cousins with my cousin Grant Karamatsu’s wife Christine Ogawa. It was a nice event.
JON RIKI KARAMATSU 