12 Facts About Shiro Kashiwa

Shiro Kashiwa was an American lawyer and judge who was the first Attorney General of Hawaii to be appointed after it became a state in 1959.

Shiro Kashiwa served as a judge of the United States Court of Claims, then as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC from 1982 to 1986.

Shiro Kashiwa was the first federal judge of Japanese-American descent, the first Asian American judge on the Federal Circuit and was a member of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism.

Shiro Kashiwa received a Juris Doctor from University of Michigan Law School in 1936.

Shiro Kashiwa was in private practice of law in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1937 to 1959.

Shiro Kashiwa was the first state attorney general of Hawaii, from 1959 to 1963.

Shiro Kashiwa was in private practice of law in Honolulu from 1963 to 1969.

Shiro Kashiwa was an assistant United States attorney general of the Land and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1969 to 1972.

Shiro Kashiwa was nominated by President Richard Nixon on November 30,1971, to a seat on the United States Court of Claims vacated by Judge James Randall Durfee.

Shiro Kashiwa was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 2,1971, and received his commission on January 3,1972.

Shiro Kashiwa was reassigned by operation of law on October 1,1982, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 96 Stat.

Shiro Kashiwa's service terminated on January 7,1986, due to his retirement.