Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1995

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Products Liability
• Civil Rights
• Collections
• Criminal Defense
• Health Care
• Legal Malpractice

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Products Liability Law, Civil Rights, Collections & Repossessions, Criminal Law, Health & Health Care Law, Legal Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii, 1984
• U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• McCorriston Miho Miller Mukai, Honolulu, Hawaii (Member, Committees on Associate Development and Technology)
• Kokua Council for Senior Citizens, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1981 (Project Coordinator)
• Leeward Community College, Pearl City, Hawaii, 1980 (Consultant, Senior Citizens Program)
• American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice, and Litigation Sections (Member)
• Hawaii State Bar, Collection and Elder Law Sections (Member)
• Supreme Court Committee to Conduct Comprehensive Review of the Hawaii (Penal Code, Member/Chair, Ch. 712 Subcommittee)
• Hawaii State Judicial Conference, Attorney Delegate, 1992 - 1994 (Criminal Law Small Group Recorder, 1993)
• Catholic Charities, 1986 - 1987 (Board Member, Board of Catholic Services to the Elderly)
• American Bar Association, Litigation, Labor and Employment Law Sections (Member)

Honors and Awards

• United States Public Health Service Traineeship, University of Hawaii, 1980
• Best Cooperative Education Student, Kapiolani Community College, 1980
• Four Year New York State Regents Scholarship

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor, Legal Assistant Program, Criminal Law, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994 - 1995
• Faculty Instructor, HICLE-NITA Trial Advocacy, 1994
• Guest Lecturer/Mock Judge, Evidence, Trial Practice, American Inns of Court IV, William S. Richardson School of Law, Clinical Program, 1986 - 1995
• Guest Speaker, Lawyer's Live, Olelo Public Access Television, 1994
• Guest Lecturer, Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education Criminal Law Seminar, 1991
• Guest Lecturer, Training for Doctors/Staff, Sex Abuse Treatment Center, Kapiolani Medical Center, 1991 - 1995
• Panelist, Criminal Law, KHET-TV, Hawaii Public Television, 1991
• Guest Attorney, Date Rape Mock Trial, University of Hawaii, 1990
• Guest Lecturer, Sexual Assault, Leeward Community College, 1987
• Guest Lecturer, Sexual Assault, Chaminade University, 1985
• Guest Lecturer, Sexual Assault, Hawaii Pacific University, 1986
• Guest Lecturer, Sexual Assault, Hawaii Pacific University, 1994
• Guest Lecturer, Sexual Assault, Chaminade University, 1986
• Guest Lecturer, Sexual Assault, Chaminade University, 1989
• Guest Lecturer, Sexual Assault, Chaminade University, 1995
• Guest Lecturer, Sexual Assault, Leeward Community College, 1989

Past Employment Positions

• First Circuit Court, Per Diem District Court Judge, 1995 - 1996
• Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Sexual Assault Branch, Honolulu, Hawaii, Chief, 1990 - 1994
• Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Honolulu, Hawaii, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 1984 - 1994
• Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Career Criminal Unit, Honolulu Hawaii, Deputy, 1984 - 1989
• Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Felony Trials Division/Career Criminal Unit, Honolulu, Hawaii, Felony Trial Law Clerk, 1982 - 1984
• Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Victim/Witness Kokua Services, Victim/Witness Advocate, 1979 - 1982
• Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Lead Counsel (60+ Felony Jury Trials)

Education

• University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1984
  J.D.
• University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1980
  M.P.H.
• State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, 1975
  B.A.
  Honors: Dean's List
  Major: Sociology
  Major: Political Science
• Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii
  Honors: Attended Legal Assistant Program, 1979-1981

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