Family Law Attorney in Honolulu, Hawaii
Jason Burks is a Hawaii criminal defense attorney with extensive experience representing individuals charged with criminal offenses. He earned his bachelor's degree in International Studies from the University of Missouri in 1996 and his law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii in 1999. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Victoria S. Marks in Hawaii's First Circuit Court. In 2000, he joined the State of Hawaii's Office of the Public Defender, beginning in Hilo before transferring to Honolulu in 2003. He remained with the Public Defender's office until 2011, representing indigent defendants in District, Family, and Circuit Courts.
During his eleven-year career as a public defender, Burks handled a broad range of criminal cases, including traffic violations, misdemeanors, and serious felony offenses. His experience includes cases involving theft, burglary, robbery, internet and white-collar crimes, drug trafficking, assault, sexual assault, and murder. For the final six years of his public defender career, he worked almost exclusively in Circuit Court, representing defendants charged with serious felonies. Burks is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Hawaii Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has also presented lectures on attorney ethics at the Hawaii Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' annual Criminal Defense Seminar.
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