Previous Law Firm Name

• Hart & Wolff, December 31, 1996
• Hart Wolff & Wilson, January 1, 1986

Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• White Collar Crimes

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America, 1983 - Present
• Hawaii's A+ Attorneys, Honolulu Magazine, 1993
• Hawaii's A+ Attorneys, Honolulu Magazine, 1997
• Hawaii's A+ Attorneys, Honolulu Magazine, 1999
• Hawaii's A+ Attorneys, Honolulu Magazine, 2001
• Hawaii's A+ Attorneys, Honolulu Magazine, 2003
• Hawaii's A+ Attorneys, Honolulu Magazine, 2005
• Hawaii's A+ Attorneys, Honolulu Magazine, 2007
• Hawaii's A+ Attorneys, Honolulu Magazine, 2009
• The Reginald Heber Smith Award as the Outstanding Public Defender in the Nation, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1971
• Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers

Published Works

• "Hawaii's New Public Defender Legislation: A Study in Legislative Overkill" (Co-Author), 8 Hawaii Bar Journal 53, 1971
• "Report and Guidelines for the Defense of Eligible Persons", National Study Commission on Defense Services, NLADA-LEAA, 1975
• "Profiles in Privacy: Airport Travelers, Drug Enforcement Agents and Detector Dogs" (Co-Author), 3 Criminal Law Review 35, Clark Boardman & Co., 1981
• "Plain Nonsense" (Co-Author), 2 Hawaii Bar Journal 32, Dec., 1998
• "Preliminary Hearings", Public Defender Sourcebook , Singer, Ed., Chapter 5, PLI-ABA, 1976
• "The Hawaii Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions 1997-1998: Fair Use of the Doctrine of Plain Error?", 11 Hawaii Bar Journal 49 (No. 13), 1998
• "Champion Profile" (Featured Criminal Defense Attorney), 16 The Champion 51, NACDL, July, 1992

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor at the University of Hawaii Law School, Hawaii Innocence Project Seminar, 2005 - Present
• Speaker, Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Aspen Colorado, 1981
• Speaker, Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Aspen Colorado, 1985
• Speaker, Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Aspen Colorado, 1992
• Speaker, NACDL Aspen CLE Seminar, 2000

West Practice Categories

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Fraud, Drug Violations, Federal, Felonies, Misdemeanor, Prosecution, Sex Offenses, Victims' Rights, White Collar Crimes, Litigation & Appeals