Experience.

Benjamin Lowenthal focuses on civil and criminal appeals, criminal defense, and post-conviction litigation in state and federal courts.

Mr. Lowenthal is a second-generation trial lawyer who grew up on Maui, Hawai'i. His legal career began after graduating from the University of Kansas working as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Corinne K. A. Watanabe at the Intermediate Court of Appeals in Honolulu. Then for nearly ten years he worked in private practice with clients in state and federal courts. He earned a solid reputation as a straightforward, thoughtful, and professional advocate in civil, administrative, criminal, and appellate proceedings. 

Mr. Lowenthal spent eight years at Hawaii's Office of the Public Defender. As a trial lawyer, he took on some of the most challenging and complicated cases from the first appearance in court up to the Hawai'i Supreme Court. Before leaving public service, he was promoted to Supervisor for the office's appeals and parole division overseeing cases throughout the State.

• J.D. University of Kansas School of Law.
• B.A. Journalism with emphasis on Classical Studies, San Francisco State University.

• Hawaii and Washington State trial and appellate courts.
• United States District Court - District of Hawaii and Western District of Washington.
• United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States.

• Standing Committee on Hawaii Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions
• Standing Committee on Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure
• Special Committee to Review Hawaii Penal Code

• "The Confrontation Clause and the COVID-19 Pandemic," Hawaii Bar Journal, Sept. 2020.
• "Filing Your Appeal," Hawaii Appellate Manual (co-author).
• "State and Federal Land Use Laws," Hawaii Real Estate Manual (co-author).
• "The Jurisprudence of Justice Edward H. Nakamura," afterward in I Respectfully Dissent by Tom Coffman.