STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1642

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 565

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 565, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Registration of the Island of O'ahu

 

G.M. No. 565

ALAN BURDICK,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Alan Burdick to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to serve on the Board of Registration of the Island of O‘ahu.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Alan Burdick from the Office of Elections and two individuals.

 

     Mr. Burdick received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and earned his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Boalt Hall at the University of California Berkley.  While in law school, he served as the Managing Editor of the Environmental Law Quarterly.  He currently serves as an Administrator for Research, Planning, and Resource Development in the Office of Community Services of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations where he is responsible for helping to assure quality, compliance, and integrity of state and federal programs administered by the Office of Community Services and for the development of new programs.  He has extensive legal experience as a sole practitioner and has previously served as an Associate Attorney and Of Counsel with various law firms in Hawaii.  His legal experience includes complex civil litigation, insurance coverage work for insured persons and entities, and personal injury litigation.

 

     Mr. Burdick is licensed to practice law in Hawaii, California, and Massachusetts and has federal court admissions in Hawaii, the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.  Due to his previous experience in serving as an Attorney for the Micronesian Legal Services Corporation and as a Staff Counsel for the Commission on Future Political Status and Transition for the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, Mr. Burdick's court admissions also include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

 

     Mr. Burdick's legal accomplishments include published work relating to the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia as well as Hawaii motor vehicle insurance law and insurance considerations in Hawaii personal injury litigation.  He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa where he taught courses on the Pacific Island legal systems with focus on conflicts between custom and modern law, land tenure, human rights issues, state formation and disintegration, and economic development and resource issues.

 

     Mr. Burdick is nominated for an interim term to the Board of Registration of the Island of O‘ahu.  He was appointed on July 25, 2012, on an interim basis and served as a board member during the 2012 primary and general elections.  Testimony indicates that his careful, analytical style is suited for adjudicating voter registration issues.  Mr. Burdick is a committed and hardworking member who understands his role and responsibilities and strives to achieve the Board's mission.

 

     Based on the testimony submitted, your Committee finds that Alan Burdick is exceptionally qualified to serve on the Board of Registration of the Island of O‘ahu.  The nominee's background, knowledge, and skills will serve the Board and public well.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is 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 advise and 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