Corinne Watanabe

Corinne Watanabe
7th Attorney General of Hawaii
In office
1985–1986
GovernorGeorge Ariyoshi
Preceded byMichael A. Lilly
Succeeded byWarren Price III
Personal details
Born
Corinne Kaoru Amemiya

(1950-08-01) August 1, 1950 (age 74)
Wahiawa, Hawaii, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Baylor University

Corinne Kaoru Amemiya Watanabe (born August 1, 1950) is an American judge from the state of Hawaii.[1] Watanabe was the first female Attorney General of Hawaii from 1985 until 1986.[2]

Early life and education

Watanabe was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Her parents were Keiji and Setsuko (Matsumiya) Amemiya.[3] Watanabe attended Leilehua High School in Wahiawa.[4]

Watanabe received her bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1971.[4] Watanabe attended Baylor University and received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 1974.[1][4]

Career

Watanabe served as deputy attorney general of Hawaii from 1974 to 1984,[5] then as Attorney General of Hawaii between 1985 and 1986.[6] One case she ruled on was Cobb v. State by Watanabe, which tested the resign-to-run laws. The question was whether State Senator Steve Cobb had to resign his seat in order to run for the United States House of Representatives.[7] The ruling was that Article II, Section 7 of the Hawaii Constitution did not apply for federal office.[8]

Cobb ran in the 1986 Special election in Hawaii's 1st congressional district to replace Cecil Heftel, who resigned to run for governor. Watanabe came in fourth place, losing to Neil Abercrombie. Watanabe has been a judge on the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals since May 11, 1992.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Judge Corinne K.A. Watanabe (Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals) – CourtListener.com". CourtListener. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "NAAG | Hawaii Former AttorneysGeneral". www.naag.org. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Keiji Amemiya Obituary | Honolulu Star-Advertiser". obits.staradvertiser.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Associate Judge Corinne K.A. Watanabe". www.courts.state.hi.us. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "Associate Judge Corinne K.A. Watanabe". www.courts.state.hi.us. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  6. ^ Lipschultz, Sybil (October 24, 2018). Locating the Role of Labor Politics within Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century: Women, the Law, and the Workplace. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-07074-7.
  7. ^ "Cobb v. State by Watanabe". Justia Law. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  8. ^ Cobb v. State by Watanabe, vol. 722, July 28, 1986, p. 1032
  9. ^ "Associate Judge Corinne K.A. Watanabe". www.courts.state.hi.us. Retrieved November 29, 2021.