Yamano, John Y.

Current Employment Position(s)

Counsel/Staff Attorney

Year Joined Organization: 1989

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Coverage and Insurance Insolvency
• Employment Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Disabled Rights

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii, 1985
• California, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1988
• U.S. Tax Court, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Hawai`i State Bar, Chairman, 1992 (Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services to the Public)
• Hawai`i State Bar Association (Member)
• State of Hawai`i (Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions)
• State Bar of California (Member (Inactive))

Classes and Seminars

• Faculty, Litigation Seminar for Legal Secretaries and Legal Assistants "Trial Practice", Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1995
• Faculty, Litigation Seminar for Legal Secretaries, "Post Trial Practice", Legal Seminars, Inc., 1987 - 1996
• Faculty, Motor Vehicle Accident Law Update, Hawai`i Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1994
• Faculty, Motor Accident Law, Hawai`i Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1990
• Speaker, National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations (NOLGA) 7th Annual Legal Seminar, 1998
• Faculty, Defense Trial Tactics, American Bar Association TIP Section, 1999
• Faculty, Conducting an Effective Cross-Examination in Hawai`i, Lorman Education Services, 2000
• Faculty, Taking and Defending Depositions in Hawai`i, Lorman Education Services, 2002
• Faculty, Motion Practice in Hawai`i, Lorman Education Services, 2003
• Presenter, 3rd Annual State of Hawai`i Municipal Attorneys Training Conference, "Liability and the Counties", 2005
• Faculty, State of Hawai`i Judicial Conference, "Government Liability", 2006

Past Employment Positions

• McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP, Honolulu, Hawai`i, Partner, 1991 - 2009
• McCorriston Miho Miller Mukai, Honolulu, Hawai`i, Associate, 1989 - 1991
• Roeca & Louie, Honolulu, Hawai`i, Associate, 1988 - 1989
• Case & Lynch, Honolulu, Hawai`i, Associate, 1984 - 1988

Education

• University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 1984
  J.D.
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1981
  B.S.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma
  Honors: Phi Kappa Phi

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Defense Trial Tactics, Hawai`i Motor Vehicle Collision Manual, 1994, 1999
• Tort Immunity for the Employer, Hawai`i Tort Liability Issues in Work Site Accident Cases (Co-Author) 1989, 1989

Address

Five Waterfront Plaza, 4th Floor
500 Ala Moana Boulevard
Honolulu, HI 96813-4989

Phones

808-529-7300

Faxes

808-524-8293

Emails

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Websites

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