Homer Baird Kidwell (October 20, 1911 – December 27, 2000) was an American lawyer. He worked as a corporate attorney in Los Angeles and Honolulu. From July 1, 1975 to February 28, 1979 he served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Career

Kidwell graduated from Taft College in 1930 and Stanford University in 1935. He worked in Los Angeles for a couple of years before moving to Hawaii in 1937. During the Second World War he served as deputy attorney general of the Territory of Hawaii. From 1975–1979 he was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii. In 1979, he retired to teach law at the University of Hawaii.

Homer Baird Kidwell

Personal life

Kidwell married Margaret Greenwell on January 4, 1940. The couple had a son, Alan, and a daughter, Frances.

Homer Baird Kidwell

References

Justices of the Hawaii Supreme Court

1911 births

2000 deaths

Stanford University alumni

Lawyers from Los Angeles

People from Maricopa, California

20th-century American lawyers

20th-century American judges

Homer Baird Kidwell