The names were provided to Lingle by the Judicial Selection Commission.

The six people nominated to succeed retiring Intermediate Court of Appeals Chief Judge James Burns are: Circuit Judges Sabrina S. McKenna and Frances Q.F. Wong; Intermediate Court of Appeals Associate Judge Daniel R. Foley; attorney Katherine G. Leonard; Michael Tanigawa, director of the law firm Char Sakamoto Ishii Lum & Ching; and Mark E. Recktenwald, director of the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Three deputy prosecuting attorneys — Sherri-Ann L. Iha, Glenn J. Kim and Lori H. Wada — are among the six nominees to replace retiring Circuit Judge Marcia Waldorf. The other nominees are Peter T. Stone, per diem District Court judge; Cecelia C.Y. Chang, special assistant U.S. attorney; and Allen R. Wolff, a partner in the law firm Carlsmith Ball.