Richard H.S. Sing was born and raised on Oahu and on the Island of Hawaii. He attended the Kamehameha Schools, and is a 1986 graduate of the Hawaii Preparatory Academy in Waimea, Hawaii. Mr. Sing received his Bachelor’s Degree in 1990 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he majored in Law and Society. Mr. Sing received his law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1995. While at University of Hawaii, Mr. Sing was a Member and then Comments Editor of the University of Hawaii Law Review. Following his graduation, Mr. Sing worked as an associate attorney at one of Hawaii’s largest and most respected law firms. While in their employ, Mr. Sing specialized in complex civil litigation and immigration. Because his interest lay elsewhere, Mr. Sing accepted a position at the Office of the Public Defender in 1997, where he remained until 2003, when he founded the long time criminal defense firm of Hawk Sing & Ignacio. Since 2016, when that firm dissolved, Mr. Sing has practiced in the area of criminal defense as a solo practitioner with the Law Offices of Richard H.S. Sing.
Criminal Defense
