Former Hawaii AG Earl Anzai Dies At 81
Anzai served as attorney general under Gov. Ben Cayetano from 1999-2002.
Colleagues remembered former Attorney General Earl Anzai as “a dedicated public servant” who devoted a quarter of a century to the state.
Anzai, whose roles included a clerk in the 1976 State Constitutional Convention, the chief clerk of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, a staff attorney at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the director of finance and state attorney general, died Sunday. He was 81.
Anzai succeeded Attorney General Margery Bronster and served as the attorney general from 1999 to 2002 after being nominated by Gov. Ben Cayetano.
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He also was remembered as a well-respected private practice attorney.
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Brian Furuto, who served as special assistant to Anzai in 2001, said, “Beneath his low-key exterior, he genuinely cared for people, and he touched the lives of many, leaving a lasting legacy of kindness and wisdom.鈥
