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Native Hawaiian attorney up for federal judge position

By Ken Kobayashi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 15, 2012

~~<p>A federal attorney who graduated from Kamehameha Schools and spent most of his legal career on the mainland before returning to Hawaii five years ago was nominated Wednesday by President Barack Obama as a U.S. district judge.</p>
<p>If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Assistant U.S. Attorney Derrick K. Watson would be the first federal judge with Hawaiian blood since U.S. District Judge Samuel King.</p>
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A federal attorney who graduated from Kamehameha Schools and spent most of his legal career on the mainland before returning to Hawaii five years ago was nominated Wednesday by President Barack Obama as a U.S. district judge.

If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Assistant U.S. Attorney Derrick K. Watson would be the first federal judge with Hawaiian blood since U.S. District Judge Samuel King. Login for more...



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