:Florence T. Nakakuni
{{short description|American attorney}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Florence T. Nakakuni
| image = Nakakuni.jpg
| office = United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii
| president = Barack Obama
Donald Trump
| term_start = September 30, 2009
| term_end = March 10, 2017
| predecessor = Edward H. Kubo Jr.
| successor = Kenji M. Price
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1952}}
| birth_place = Palolo, Hawaii, U.S.
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| profession = Attorney
| education = University of Hawaii (BA, JD)
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Florence T. Nakakuni (born 1952) is the former United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii. She was appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama, replacing Edward H. Kubo Jr. who left to become a Judge on the Hawaii First Circuit Court.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/02/03/hawaii-senate-confirms-former-u-s-attorney-for-judgeship/ |title=Hawaii Senate Confirms Former U.S. Attorney For Judgeship {{!}} Main Justice |access-date=2013-07-31 |archive-date=2013-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615002221/http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/02/03/hawaii-senate-confirms-former-u-s-attorney-for-judgeship/ |url-status=live }} She is the first female United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii.{{Cite web |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Jul/11/ln/hawaii907110329.html |title=The Honolulu Advertiser - Local News |access-date=2013-07-31 |archive-date=2015-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519162708/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Jul/11/ln/hawaii907110329.html |url-status=live }} As one of 93 U.S. Attorneys nationwide, she represented the United States government in all civil and criminal cases within the district.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/07/29/florence-nakakuni-district-of-hawaii/ |title=Florence Nakakuni, District of Hawaii {{!}} Main Justice |access-date=2013-07-31 |archive-date=2013-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509153809/http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/07/29/florence-nakakuni-district-of-hawaii/ |url-status=live }}
Early life and career
Nakakuni grew up in Palolo, Hawaii, and attended Kaimuki High School.{{Cite magazine |title=Florence Nakakuni: Hawaii's top law officer |url=http://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2010/04/florence-nakakuni/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102183504/http://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2010/04/florence-nakakuni/ |archive-date=2014-11-02 |access-date=2013-07-31 |magazine=Malamalama, The Magazine of the University of Hawai'i System |quote='I believe our education system here in Hawai'i is second to none,' the Kaimukī High School alumna says.}} She initially wanted to be a high school English teacher, but changed career paths after college.{{Cite web |title=Florence Nakakuni - Hawaii Editorials - Honolulu Star-Advertiser |url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorials/20101203_Florence_Nakakuni.html?id=111246459 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018035946/http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorials/20101203_Florence_Nakakuni.html?id=111246459 |archive-date=2014-10-18 |access-date=2013-07-31}}
After graduating from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the William S. Richardson School of Law in 1975 and 1978, respectively, she clerked for Justice Thomas Ogata of the Hawaii Supreme Court. She then worked as an attorney-adviser in the Office of Information and Privacy Appeals at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. After a few years, she returned to Hawaii, working first for the General Counsel of the United States Navy in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and then joining the United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii's Office in 1985.{{Cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/nakakuni.html |title=USDOJ: Executive Office for United States Attorneys |access-date=2013-07-31 |archive-date=2013-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713134939/http://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/nakakuni.html |url-status=live }} Just prior to her appointment as US Attorney, she served as Chief of the Organized Crime and Narcotics section of the Criminal Division.{{Cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/hi/about/meetattorney.html |title=USDOJ: US Attorney's Office - Hawaii |access-date=2013-07-31 |archive-date=2013-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714060110/http://www.justice.gov/usao/hi/about/meetattorney.html |url-status=live}}
See also
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Category:21st-century American women
Category:University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni
Category:United States attorneys for the District of Hawaii
Category:American women lawyers