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June 27, 2014 From the Honolulu Liquor Commission.     Franklin Don Pacarro, Jr. selected as Honolulu Liquor Commission Administrator   HONOLULU (June 27, 2014) – The Honolulu Liquor Commission (HLC) has selected Franklin Don Pacarro, Jr. as the agency's administrator, effective July 1, 2014.   Pacarro previously served the City and County of Honolulu from 1986 to 2010 in the city prosecutor's office. At his departure, he was the acting first deputy prosecuting attorney, and from 2006 to 2010 he was chief of the felony trials division, supervising the largest division in the office.   "We're pleased to have Don take over the leadership of the Honolulu Liquor Commission," said Michael Yamaguchi, chair of the HLC. "His breadth of experience not only in the prosecutor's office, but also in private practice, will prove beneficial to the day-to-day commission operations."   Most recently, Pacarro was in private practice at the firm of Clay Chapman Iwamura Pulice & Nervell, where he focused on civil litigation, business transactions, real estate, foreclosure law, estate planning and procurement law.   Born and raised in Honolulu, Pacarro graduated from St. Louis High School, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law. He also taught the Paralegal Course for The Center of Legal Studies, Chaminade University of Honolulu, from 2000 to 2002.   The Honolulu Liquor Commission regulates and enforces state and county laws regarding the manufacture, importation, sale and consumption of intoxicating liquors in Honolulu. For more information about the Commission, please visit www.honolulu.gov/liq   -END-