Current Employment Position(s)

Director

Year Joined Organization: 1991

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Banking and Finance
• Employment Law
• Litigation

Representative Clients

• AMFAC/JMB Hawaii, Inc.
• Thomas E. Hayes, Trustee in Bankruptcy
• Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.
• Motorola, Inc.
• Planned Parenthood of Hawaii, Inc.
• The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• The Mitsui Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• California, 1978
• Hawaii, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1979
• U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1979
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1979

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Aloha Air Group Inc., 1987 - Present (Board of Directors)
• American Bankruptcy Institute, 1992 - Present (Member)
• Federal Bar Association, 1995 - Present (Member)
• Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1994 - 1996 (Lawyer Representative)
• Hawaii State Bar, 1994 - 1995 (Member, Board of Directors, Section of Bankruptcy)
• Hawaii State Bar, 1984 - 1986 (Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division)
• Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation, 1992 - 1993 (President)
• Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation, 1986 - 1993 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Child & Family Service, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1992 - 1993 (Board Chair)
• Child & Family Service, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987 - 1992 (Member, Board of Directors)
• American Savings Bank, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994 - Present (Member, Board of Directors)
• The Hawaii Community Foundation, 1994 - Present (Member, Board of Governors)
• The University of Hawaii Foundation, 1995 - Present (Member, Board of Trustees)
• Aloha United Way, 1994 - Present (Member, Board of Directors)
• American Arbitration Association (Member, Panel of Arbitrators)
• American Bar Association (Member, Section of Litigation)
• State Bar of California (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• American Bar Foundation, 1995 - Present (Fellow)

Honors and Awards

• Award for Outstanding Contribution to Community Service, Hawaii State Bar, 1993

Past Employment Positions

• Paul, Johnson, Alston & Hunt, Honolulu, Hawaii, Shareholder, 1986 - 1991
• Paul, Johnson & Alston, Honolulu, Hawaii, Associate, 1981 - 1986
• Carlsmith & Dwyer, Honolulu, Hawaii, Associate, 1980 - 1981
• United States District Court, District of Hawaii, Hon. Samuel P. King, Chief Judge, Law Clerk, 1978 - 1979

Education

• University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 1978
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1974
  B.A.
  Honors: magna cum laude

Address

1001 Bishop Street
Suite 1800
Honolulu, HI 96813

Phones

(808) 441-6114

Faxes

(808) 524-4591

Emails

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Websites

http://www.ahfi.com