Admitted
1979, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Hawaii, J.D., 1979
Law School Graduation Year
1979
College
University of Hawaii, B.A., 1976
Memberships
Hawaii State (Chair, 1993-1995, 1997-1999, Member, 1989-1992, Legislation and Public Policy Standing Committee; Member, Tort Reform Subcommittee, 1988), Federal and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii (Board of Directors, 1996-1999; Lawyer of the Year, 1996).
Biographical
Speaker: Seminar on Tort Law, PLI, 1989; Insurance Litigation, Hawaii State Trial Judges Association, 1991; Automobile Insurance Law; Hawaii State Trial Judges Association, 1992; The New No-Fault Law, PLI, 1992; The New Hawaii No-Fault Law, HICLE, 1992; CAAP Arbitration, State Judiciary (1993); No-Fault Fee Schedule & Guidelines, PLI, 1993; Medical/Fee Schedule and Treatment Guidelines, PLI, 1994, Tort Law, PLI 1996, No-Fault Law, HICLE, 1997, Topics in Tort, HICLE, 1997, Auto Ins. Law, PLI, 1997, Auto/Liability Insurance Law, PLI, 1998. Member: Supreme Court Task Force on Appellate ADR, 1994; Supreme Court Resolution 15 Committee, 1989-1990; Supreme Court Stan. Comm. Appellate Rules, 1994-1997, Citizens Conf. on Judicial Selection, 1993; Citizens Justice Conf., 1996; Hawaii Supreme Court Early Conf. Comm., 1997; Supreme Court Civil Jury Instruction Committee, 1997—.