James A. Kawachika

Personal Injury, Mediation
Pacific Guardian Center, Makai Tower, 733 Bishop Street, 24th Floor
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813


Personal Injury

Admitted

1973, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of California at Berkeley, J.D., 1973

Law School Graduation Year

1973

College

University of Hawaii, B.A., 1969; Boalt Hall School of Law

Memberships

Hawaii State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society.

Biographical

Listed in: Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in the West; Who's Who in Finance and Industry. Licensed Realtor, Hawaii, 1990—. Deputy Attorney General, State of Hawaii, 1973-1974. President, Hawaii State Bar Association, 1997-1998. Vice-President/President-Elect, Hawaii State Bar Association, 1996-1997. Treasurer, Hawaii State Bar Association, 1987-1988. Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section, 1975-1976 and Board of Directors, Hawaii State Bar Association, 1983-1984 and 1991-1993. Chairman, Disciplinary Board of Hawaii Supreme Court, 1991-1997. Member, Board of Bar Examiners, State of Hawaii. Member, Attorney/Client Coordination Committee, Hawaii State Bar Association, 1985-1987. Member, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Hawaii State Bar Association. Arbitrator, Circuit Court Arbitration Program, 1986—. Hawaii Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1988-1991. Member, Hawaii Federal Court Advisory Committee on the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990.

Military