Admitted
1981, Hawaii, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Hastings College of the Law, University of California, J.D., 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
University of California at Berkeley, B.A., with honors/distinction, 1977
Memberships
Hawaii State (Member, Section on Natural Resources) and American Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Environment, Energy and Resources; Science and Technology); Environmental Law Institute; American Judicature Society.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Toll Fellow, Toll Fellowship Program, 1996. Recipient: Outstanding Young Women of America, 1985 and 1988; Hawaii Women Lawyers' Outstanding Woman Lawyer of the Year, 1990. President, 1990-1991 and Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1991, Hawaii Women Lawyers Foundation. President, 1988-1989 and Member, 1981-, Hawaii Women Lawyers. President, 1992, Vice-President-President-Elect, 1991, Secretary, 1990, Hawaii State Bar Association. Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1993, Young Lawyers Division, Hawaii State Bar Association. District Representative, Hawaii and Alaska, and Member, Executive Council, Young Lawyers Division, American Bar Association, 1990-1991. Vice President, National Conference of Women's Bar Associations, 1991-1995. Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1994, and Treasurer, 1991, Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Member, National Association of Government Labor Officials, 1995-2000. Member, Interstate Congress of Employment Security Agencies, 1995-2000. Member, State of Hawaii Judicial Salary Commission, 2000-2003. Contributing Author and Editor: The Green Book: A Practical Guide to Environmental Law in Hawaii; Hazardous Waste Liability in Real Estate Transactions, Hawaii Commercial Real Estate Manual; Hazardous Waste, Hawaii Conveyance Manual; Contributing Author: Our Rights Our Lives, A Guide to Women's Legal Rights in Hawaii.