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RYAN K. P. KANAKA`OLE <br /> ATTORNEY AT LAW <br /> HONOLULU,HI 96816 <br /> January 24, 2017 <br /> Valerie Poindexter, Chair <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> County of Hawai`i <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720. <br /> RE: GREDC-1 (Comm. 19)—Appointment of Joseph K. Kamelamela as Corporation <br /> Counsel <br /> Aloha Chair Poindexter and Members of the County Council, <br /> Please accept this letter as my testimony in support of the confirmation of Joseph Kalani <br /> Kamelamela as Corporation Counsel for the County of Hawaii. I first met Joe almost a decade' <br /> ago while serving the Office of the Corporation Counsel as an intern from UH-Hilo. The <br /> summer before my final year of law school, Joe was one of my supervising attorneys during my <br /> clerkship with the office. From 2012 through 2013, I had the pleasure of being a Deputy <br /> Corporation Counsel; Joe, again, was one of my supervising attorneys. Since before I became an <br /> attorney, Joe has always been there to mentor me. His passion for the law and public service is <br /> infectious; I credit him for beingone of the reasons I chose my career path. <br /> Given the decades-worth of institutional knowledge, legal experience, and commitment to the <br /> County that Joe holds, appointing him as the Corporation Counsel is the only natural thing to do. <br /> In terms of legal expertise, the County would be hard-pressed to find another attorney that stacks <br />