STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1866
Honolulu, Hawaii
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred Judiciary Communication No.2, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:
HARRY P.N.S. FREITAS, to District Court of the Third Circuit;
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee finds that the nominee graduated from Damien Memorial High School and attended Windward Community College where he received an Associate in Arts Degree in Liberal Arts. He attended Honolulu Community College and West Oahu College while employed by the Honolulu Police Department as an officer and the Honolulu Fire Department as a firefighter. He then attended Hastings College of Law and received his Juris Doctor Degree. He was employed as a deputy District Attorney in the Lake County District Attorney's Office and the Marin County District Attorney's Office. Your Committee finds that the nominee returned to Hawaii and worked as a deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the Honolulu Prosecutor's Office. He then went to Hilo where he worked as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, a Deputy Pubic Defender, a Deputy Corporation Counsel, where he is currently employed.
Your Committee received testimony in support of the nominee from Hawaii County Corporation Counsel's Office and seven individuals. There was no testimony in opposition to the nominee.
In addition, your Committee received information from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel that indicated there were no complaints or grievances filed against the nominee.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate consent to the nomination.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,
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CLAYTON HEE, Chair |
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