Law Firm Overview

RESOLUTION THROUGH MEDIATION is a national employment law, personal injury and medical malpractice, and intellectual property mediation firm based in Honolulu, Hawai'i .

Elizabeth Jubin Fujiwara, founder and principal, is a trained and experienced mediator who is especially effective with hostile and litigious parties because of her two decades of trial experience as a lawyer handling employment law, discrimination, civil rights, and labor law cases. She is also available as a neutral fact-finder in employment matters.

Ms. Fujiwara has served as the senior trial attorney for the EEOC in Hawai'i and the Pacific Basin . She is the founder and was president of the National Employment Lawyers Association of Hawai'i from 1993 to 1996. She holds a Masters Degree in Social Work with a focus on counseling and community development.

Earlier in her career (1986), Ms. Fujiwara headed up her own law firm, which is considered by some to have been the vanguard for employment law in Hawai'i . She has also focused her practice in the areas of tort issues and intellectual property law, and also represents entertainers in contract negotiation.

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Employment Law Mediation
• Civil Rights Mediation
• Labor Law Mediation
• Intellectual Property Mediation
• Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Mediation
• Sexual Harassment Mediation and Litigation
• Employee Rights Litigation
• Neutral Fact-Finder in Employment Matters
• Entertainment Representation and Contract Negotiation

Published Works

• Cause of Action for Post-Ellerth/Faragher Title VII Employment Sexual Harassment Claims (with Joyce M. Brown), Causes of Action (Clark Boardman Callaghan), 27 COA2d 1, 2005
• Our Rights, Our Lives, Sponsored by the Hawaii Women Lawyers, 3rd ed., 1996
• mployee Rights Under Judicial Scrutiny: Prevalent Discourse and the Hawaii Supreme Court, University of Hawaii Law Review, Summer, 1992
• Proving Damages in a Sexual Harassment Case, Trial, Vol. 30, No 4, 1994
• Sexual Harassment and Litigation Strategies: Plaintiff Attorney's Perspective, Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Feb. 12, 1993, pp. 35-64
• Sexual Harassment and Litigation Strategies: Plaintiff Attorney's Perspective (reprinted by permission), Employee Advocacy, Summer, 1993, p. 2
• ATLA Employment Section Newsletter, Editor and Frequent Contributor, 1995-96

Classes and Seminars

• Sexual Harassment and Litigation Strategies: Plaintiff Attorney's Perspective, ATLA Annual Convention, 1993
• Handbooks and Disclaimers: Claims and Issues, ATLA Annual Convention, 1994
• Effective Techniques in Handling Harassment Cases, NELA Conference, 1994

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Mediation, Civil Rights, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, Gay & Lesbian Rights, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Communications & Media Law, Print Media, Radio, Television & Film, Affirmative Action, Discrimination, Employment Law -- Employee, Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Affirmative Action -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Whistleblower -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Art, Entertainment, Intellectual Property Law, Copyrights, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trademarks, Labor Law, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Litigation & Appeals, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice