Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1996

Lawyer Overview

Brian A. Kang joined Watanabe Ing & Komeiji LLP in 1996 and became a partner in 2004. Mr. Kang's primary areas of practice include government and regulatory affairs, land use, telecommunications, commercial litigation, insurance law, and campaign finance law. His reported cases include Liberty Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Dennison, 108 Hawaii 380, 120 P.3d 1115 (2005) and Federal Home Loan Mortg. Corp. v. Transamerica Ins. Co., 89 Hawaii 157, 969 P.2d 1275 (1998).

From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Kang served as law clerk to the Honorable Colleen K. Hirai, Judge of the First Circuit Court, State of Hawaii.

Mr. Kang is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before all of the state and federal courts of the state of Hawaii and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Areas of Practice

• Government and Regulatory Affairs Group

Representative Cases

• Liberty Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Dennison, 108 Hawaii 380, 120 P.3d 1115 (2005) (Hawaii Supreme Court 2005)
• Federal Home Loan Mortg. Corp. v. Transamerica Ins. Co., 89 Hawaii 157, 969 P.2d 1275 (1998) (Hawaii Supreme Court 1998)

West Practice Categories

Government Agencies & Programs

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii, 1995
• U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Hawaii State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)

Past Employment Positions

• Circuit Court, First Circuit State of Hawaii, Hon. Colleen K. Hirai, Law Clerk, 1995 - 1996

Education

• Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California, 1995
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
• University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1990
  B.A.
  Major: Journalism

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