Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1989

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Admiralty
• Products Liability
• Civil Rights
• Employment Discrimination
• Environmental
• Construction Litigation

Representative Clients

• Ocean Based Businesses

Representative Cases

• Exxon Shipping Co. v. Pacific Resources, Inc., 835 F.Supp. 1195 (D.Haw 1993)
• Exxon Co. v. Sofec, Inc., 54 F.3d 570 (C.A.9 (Haw.) 1995)
• Exxon Co., U.S.A. v. Sofec, Inc., 134 L. Ed. 2d 1986, 116 S. Ct. 1038 (U.S. 1996)
• Exxon Co., U.S.A. v. Sofec, Inc., 64 U.S.L.W. 3591 (U.S. 1996)

West Practice Categories

Admiralty & Maritime Law, Business & Commercial Law, Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Environmental Law, Products Liability Law

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii, 1984
• U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1992
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Hawaii State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• United States Navy Reserve, 1986 - Present (Judge Advocate General)
• Maritime Law Association, 1995 (Proctor in Admiralty)
• PACON International (Vice President, Legal Affairs)
• Maritime Law Association (Member)
• Oceanic Engineering Society (Member)
• Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (Member)
• American Bar Association, Litigation, Intellectual Property Law Sections (Member)

Past Employment Positions

• McCorriston Miho Miller Mukai, Honolulu, Hawaii, Associate, 1989 - 1993
• Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, Honolulu, Hawaii, Associate, 1988 - 1989
• Rush Moore Craven Kim & Stricklin, Honolulu, Hawaii, Associate, 1984 - 1988
• United State Navy, Lieutenant, 1972 - 1981

Education

• University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1984
  J.D.
  Honors: James T. Koshiba Scholarship Recipient, 1984
  
  Law Review: University of Hawaii Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1983 - 1984
• U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1976
  B.S.
  Major: Ocean Engineering

Address

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

Phones

(808) 529-7300

Faxes

(808) 524-8293

Websites

http://www.m4law.com