Doug Chin
| Douglas S. Chin | |
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| 14th Attorney General of Hawaii | |
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Assumed office March 12, 2015 |
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| Governor | David Ige |
| Preceded by | David M. Louie |
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| Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
Stanford University (BA) University of Hawaii, Manoa (JD) |
Douglas S. Chin is an American lawyer and the 14th and current Attorney General of Hawaii.
Douglas S. Chin was born in Seattle to Chinese immigrant parents, his mother a librarian, and his father a civil engineer. He grew up studying violin and piano. He earned his B.A. in English from Stanford University and his J.D. degree from the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law.
Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle hired Chin as a city prosecutor in 1998. Chin spent 12 years at the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney's office and was named first deputy in 2006. Chin was an associate attorney at the law firm Carlsmith Ball from 2005 to 2006. Carlisle nominated Chin to be the city's managing director in 2010. In 2013, he returned to Carlsmith Ball as managing partner. Governor David Ige nominated Chin for Attorney General of Hawaii in January 2015. The Hawaii Senate was unanimous in its confirmation of Chin on March 12, 2015.
He successfully led a suit on behalf of the State of Hawaii against the federal government that, on March 15, 2017, blocked implementation of President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13780 entitled, "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States".
Chin is married and has two children. He lives in Honolulu. He has two dogs, Aristotle and River.
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