Admitted
1983, New York; 1988, Hawaii
Law School
Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Brown University, A.B., 1979
Biographical
Attorney General, State of Hawaii, 1995-1999; With Shearman & Sterling, 1982-1987. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Author: Litigating a Class Action Suit in Hawaii, 2001. Professional and Community Activities: Member, National Governing Board of Common Cause; Member, Board of Directors, American Judicature Society; Chair, Board of Hawaii Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund; Member, Board of Directors, Honolulu Symphony; Board of Directors, Girl Scouts Council of Hawaii. Recipient: Fellow of the Pacific Award from Hawaii Pacific University for Outstanding Service to the Community, 2000; Profiles in Courage Award, Southwestern Bell, Conference of Western Attorneys General, 2000; Kelly-Wyman Award for Outstanding Attorney General from National Association of Attorneys General, 1999; Advocate of the Year-American Cancer Society Hawaii Chapter, 1999; Top Cop-State of Hawaii Law Enforcement Coalition of Police Officers and Security Personnel, 1999; Women Lawyer of the Year by Hawaii Women Lawyers.