Admitted
1985, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Lycéé Presles, Vichy, France; University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Bates College, B.A., 1976
Memberships
Hawaii State and American (Member, Section on Litigation, Class Action Committee; Co-chair, State Laws Subcommittee) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Co-Chair, Qui Tam Litigation Group); Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii (Member, Organizer and Co-Founder, Children with Lawyer; Member, Board of Governors); Million Dollar Advocates Forum; National Association of Consumer Advocates; National Employment Lawyers Association; Taxpayers Against Fraud; Project on Government Oversight; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
Biographical
Recipient: Susan McKay Memorial Moot Court Award; Outstanding Contribution to the Delivery of Legal Services Award, by Hawaii Lawyers Cares, 1994. Listed in Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law. Member: National Moot Court Team, 1983, 1984; American Inn of Court IV, 1984; 1989-1990; University of Hawaii Law Review, 1984. Co-Author: Note, Midkiff v. Tom; The Constitutionality of Hawaii's Land Reform Act, 6 University of Hawaii Law Review 561, 1984; Attorneys' Fee Bonuses: Myth or Reality, Federal Litigator, 1985; Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in Hawaii, 2000; Retaliation Under the Federal False Claims Act, AmJur Causes of Action, 2003; The False Claims Act - A Dangerous Weapon, A Powerful Tool, 44 Municipal Lawyer 6, 2003. Author: Addendum, Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff - The Hawaii Land Reform Act is Constitutional, 6 University of Hawaii Law Review 601, 1984; Class Actions in State Courts - A Tool for the Trial Advocate, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 23:3, Spring 2000; Coordinated State Court Class Actions: The New Paradigm, The Consumer Advocate, Vol. 6, Issue 3, May/June 2000; The Hawaii False Claims Act, Hawaii Bar Journal, Spring 2001; Innovative Class Action Techniques - The use of Rule 23(b)(2) in Consumer Class Actions, 14 Loyola Consumer Law Review 251, 2002; The False Claims Act: A Consumer's Tool to Combat Fraud Against the Government, 11 Loyola Consumer Law Review 129, 2000. Editor-in-Chief: Survey of State Class Action Law, Newberg on Class Actions, 2001—; Survey of State Class Action Law, Consumer Class Actions, 2001—. Clerk to Chief Justice Edward C. King, Federated States of Micronesia Supreme Court, Pohnpei, Eastern Caroline Islands, 1985.