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Alan Kay
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2, 2000
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
In office
1991–1999
Preceded byHarold Michael Fong
Succeeded byDavid Alan Ezra
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
In office
September 15, 1986 – January 2, 2000
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded bynew seat authorized by 98 Stat. 333.
Succeeded byJohn Michael Seabright
Personal details
Born (1932-07-05) July 5, 1932 (age 92)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Spouse(s)Noel Emily Murchie (divorced)
Patricia Eileen Patmont
RelationsClarence Hyde Cooke (maternal grandfather)
Anna Rice Cooke (great grandmother)
Charles Montague Cooke (great grandfather)
William Harrison Rice (great-great grandfather)
Amos Starr Cooke (great-great grandfather)
ChildrenThree
Parent(s)Harold Thomas Kay and Anna Frances Cooke
Alma materPrinceton University
Boalt Hall School of Law

Alan Cooke Kay (born July 5, 1932) is an American lawyer and judge. He serves as judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Life

Kay was born in 1932 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father was Harold Thomas Kay (1896–1976) and mother was Anna Frances Cooke (1903–1956). His maternal grandfather was Clarence Hyde Cooke (1876–1944), great grandparents Anna Rice Cooke (1853–1934) and Charles Montague Cooke (1849–1909), and great-great grandfathers include William Harrison Rice (1813–1863) and Amos Starr Cooke (1810–1871). He had two children from his first wife Noel Emily Murchie, and one from his second wife Patricia Eileen Patmont.[1]

He attended Princeton University where he got an A.B. in 1957 and the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law where he received an LL.B., 1960.

He served as a U.S. Marine Corps Corporal, 1953–1955, was in private practice in Honolulu 1960-1986, and was director of the Legal Aid Society in Honolulu 1968-1971.

Kay was nominated by Ronald Reagan on July 3, 1986, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333 on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12, 1986, and received his commission on September 15, 1986. Served as chief judge, 1991–1999 and assumed senior status on January 2, 2000.[2]

Family tree

References

  1. ^ "Family forest for Thomas Emerson" (PDF). October 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  2. ^ Kay, Alan Cooke profile from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ "Finding Aid to the Rice Family papers, 1838-1964" (PDF). Kauai Historical Society.
  4. ^ "Cooke Family History and Kūaliʻi • Manoa Heritage Center". Manoa Heritage Center. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
Legal offices
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
1991–1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
new seat authorized by 98 Stat. 333
 Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
1986–2000 		Succeeded by
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