David Louie Named Attorney General

Chad Blair/Civil Beat

Neil Abercrombie ignored treacherous storm conditions to announce that he finally selected the man he wants leading the state through myriad legal storms.

As the attorney general nominee — David Louie — himself acknowledged, there are "a lot of issues on the table," including matters not resolved by the previous administration.

While Louie did not offer specifics, his office has inherited at least a dozen class action lawsuits that were filed against the state under previous administrations that could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.

The governor said he chose Louie, 59, a trial lawyer and longtime partner with the law firm Roeca Louie & Hiraoka, because his administration confronts "a phalanx of challenges, legal and otherwise."

They include, he said, matters involving procurement, unfunded mandates, Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement, the appointment of a Board of Education and "court cases already under way that we will have to review."

"It's replete," the governor said of Louie's agenda, adding that the attorney general's office would also lead all government departments concerning legal matters.

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