Attorney General Mark Bennett has named Robert Carson Godbey as the special deputy attorney general to investigate the March 14 Ka Loko Dam break that killed seven people. A special legislative committee submitted five finalists to Bennett on June 22 after the Legislature decided an independent investigator was needed since the state could face its own liability concerns regarding the breach. A lawsuit has already been filed on behalf of those killed in the breach, but it names only the dam owners, and not the state, as defendants. Godbey, a technology, intellectual property rights and patent attorney who also has a degree in electrical engineering and math, is a partner in the Godbey Griffiths Reiss Chong law firm. He is also known for his monthly column in Hawaii Business magazine.