JAMES HOCHBERG

Litigation Team

Mr. Hochberg's legal practice has been located in his hometown of Honolulu, Hawaii, since first being licensed to practice law in 1984. His practice concentrates on property and constitutional rights litigation, including First and Second Amendment claims and defenses.

Mr. Hochberg's practice includes constitutional rights and Second Amendment litigation, election law litigation in affiliation with the James Madison Center for Free Speech, constitutional right to interstate travel litigation in association with the Center for American Liberty (related to Covid-19 lockdowns), and religious liberty litigation in affiliation with the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Rutherford Institute. 

He served as an Adjunct Professor of business law at Hawaii Pacific University and lectured for the Professional Education Group, Inc. He also served as the President, Chairman, and lobbyist for Hawaii Family Advocates, a board member of the Christian Legal Society, a board member of Hawaii Right to Life, and a member of the Board of Education Chapter 19 Task Force addressing bullying in public schools. He was legal counsel to the Stan Koki for Lt. Governor campaign, served on the Mayor's Church Advisory Committee, the Governor's Commission on Sexual Orientation and the Law, and as The Rutherford Institute of Hawaii President/Coordinator focusing on First Amendment religious freedom litigation and community education.

He was educated at the University of Hawaii, obtaining a dual BA degree in Journalism and Political Science as an undergraduate and a Juris Doctor at the William S. Richardson School of Law. Mr. Hochberg enjoyed a Graduate Fellowship from Rotary International during law school for the academic year 1982-1983, where he studied German law at the Bayerisches Julius Maximilians Universitat Würzburg, West Germany.

He was admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the Hawaii state courts in 1984. He is also admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court Bar Association.