Mr. Rohlfing was born in what was then the Territory of Hawaii on July 21, 1956. Educated at Punahou School, he went on to graduate from Dartmouth College magna cum laude, with high distinction in economics, and participated in Dartmouth’s Foreign Study Abroad Program at the University of Mainz, Germany. Mr. Rohlfing served a two-year mission in Germany and Austria for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago, where he gained practical litigation experience working in the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic. Since returning to Honolulu in 1983, he has concentrated his practice primarily in litigating real property, environmental, unfair trade practices, insurance coverage, and professional negligence cases in state and federal courts. He has also served as counsel to the minority in the Hawaii House of Representatives (1985) and Hawaii Senate (1995). He was appointed by Governor John D. Waihee to serve on the Hawaii Commission on Sexual Orientation and the Law (1994), and was nominated by President George W. Bush to the position of U.S. District Judge during the 107th Congress (2002).  He is a member of the American and Hawaii State Bar Associations and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Mr. Rohlfing presently serves on the Board of Editors of the Hawaii Bar Journal.  His professional languages are English and German. 

Frederick W. Rohlfing III holds an "AV" rating from the preeminent law directory service of Martindale Hubbell, indicating the highest level of legal skill, ability and integrity.