Rule 4 Parties Without Counsel

If you are representing yourself in court without a lawyer, you need to give the court clerk your name, mailing address, home address, phone number, and fax number in writing. If any of this information changes while your case is going on, you have to send the clerk a written update right away. The clerk will keep these notices on file and make sure they are properly recorded.

This rule also makes clear that a business or corporation cannot represent itself in court. A company must have a licensed Hawaiʻi attorney handle its case. Someone who is not a licensed lawyer cannot stand in for a corporation, even if that person works for the company or owns it.