Shiro Kashiwa | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |
| In office October 1, 1982 – January 7, 1986 | |
| Appointed by | operation of law |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 96 Stat. 25 |
| Succeeded by | S. Jay Plager |
| Judge of the United States Court of Claims | |
| In office January 3, 1972 – October 1, 1982 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | James Randall Durfee |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Attorney General of Hawaii | |
| In office 1959–1963 | |
| Governor | William F. Quinn John A. Burns |
| Preceded by | Jack H. Mizuha |
| Succeeded by | George T. H. Pai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shiro Kashiwa October 24, 1912 Kohala, Hawaii |
| Died | March 13, 1998 (aged 85) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Education | University of Michigan (BS, JD) |
Shiro Kashiwa (Japanese: 柏 至朗,[1] October 24, 1912 – March 13, 1998) was an American lawyer and judge who was the first Attorney General of Hawaii to be appointed after it became a state in 1959. He 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, D.C. from 1982 to 1986. He was the first federal judge of Japanese-American descent, the first Asian American judge on the Federal Circuit and was a member of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism.[2]