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'''Todd W. Eddins''' (born {{circa}} 1964 or 1965) is an American lawyer who has served an [[List of justices of the Supreme Court of Hawaii|associate justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of Hawaii|Hawaii Supreme Court]] since 2020. He previously served as a judge of the [[Hawaii state circuit court|O'ahu First Circuit Court of Hawaii]] from 2017 to 2020.

Eddins was considered on multiple occasions as a potential nominee for athree concurrent circuit court vacancy,vacancies. heHe was considered as a replacement due to the retirement offor Judge [[Steven Alm]], who retired in August 2016,<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Goveror to consider nominees to replace retired judge Steven Alm in First Circuit Court |date=January 12, 2017 |publisher=Office of the Governor |location=Honolulu, Hawaii |url=https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/governors-office-news-release-governor-to-consider-nominees-to-replace-retired-judge-steven-alm-in-first-circuit-court/ |access-date=November 13, 2020}}</ref> and as a replacement due to the retirement offor Judge Karen Ahn, who in June 2016.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Goveror to consider nominees to replace retired judge Karen Ahn in First Circuit Court |date=January 12, 2017 |publisher=Office of the Governor |location=Honolulu, Hawaii |url=https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/governors-office-news-release-governor-to-consider-nominees-to-replace-retired-judge-karen-ahn-in-first-circuit-court/ |access-date=November 13, 2020}}</ref> On February 9, 2017, Governor [[David Ige]] appointed Eddins to be a Circuit Judge of the [[Hawaii state circuit court|First Circuit Court]] to fill the vacancy left by the retirement ofJudge Richard K. Perkins, who retired in June 2016.<ref name="Oahu" /> Eddins became a Circuit Judge on April 7, 2017.<ref name=StateCourt /><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Remigio, Eddins, and Hiraoka Sworn In |date=April 7, 2017 |publisher=Hawaii State Judiciary |url=https://www.courts.state.hi.us/news_and_reports/2017/04/remigio-eddins-and-hiraoka-sworn-in |access-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref> His service on the Circuit Court terminated when he was sworn in as an associate justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court.