Harold Michael Fong (April 28, 1938 – April 20, 1995) was an American lawyer and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Harold Michael Fong
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
Born 1938 in Honolulu, HI
Died 1995 in Honolulu, HI
FJC ID: 775
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
Hawaii District Court · 1982–1995Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1984–1991
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- Asian American
Prior employment
- Private practice, Honolulu, Hawaii1968–1969, 1978–1982
U.S. attorney for the District of Hawaii1973–1978- District of HawaiiAssistant U.S. attorney · 1969–1973
- City and County of Honolulu, HawaiiDeputy prosecutor · 1965–1968
Appointments
- 1984–1991
1982–1995 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1964- University of Southern CaliforniaA.B. · 1960