Biography

Thomas J. Michener graduated from Richardson in 2017 from the evening part-time program and then clerked for the now-retired Justice Richard W. Pollack of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court. He started at the Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney in 2018 where he progressed through various sections of the Department, including the Career Criminal unit and then the White Collar unit. In 2022, Thomas joined the Special Investigation and Prosecution Division at the Hawaiʻi Department of the Attorney General, where Thomas investigates and prosecutes public corruption, fraud, and economic crimes.

Publications

Thomas J. Michener, “Completely Instructing the Jury on the Law”: Lesser-Included Offenses in Hawai’i, 40 U. Haw. L. Rev. 271 (2017).