Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Areas of Practice

• Environmental Law
• Labor and Employment Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Government Relations

West Practice Categories

Environmental Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law, Business & Commercial Law, Government Agencies & Programs

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii, 1981
• U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1986

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Hawaii State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, 1992 (President)
• Hawaii State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, 1991 (Vice President-President Elect)
• Hawaii State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, 1990 (Secretary)
• Hawaii State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, 1987 - 1993 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Hawaii State Bar Association (Member, Strategic Planning Committee)
• Hawaii State Bar Association (Member, Communications and Public Relations Committee)
• Hawaii State Bar Association, Section on Natural Resources (Member)
• American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division (District Representative, Hawaii and Alaska)
• American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, 1990 - 1991 (Member, Executive Council)
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section (Member)
• American Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Resources Section (Member)
• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section (Member)
• American Bar Association, Science and Technology Section (Member)
• American Judicature Society
• Environmental Law Institute
• Hawaii Women Lawyers Foundation, 1990 - 1991 (President)
• Hawaii Women Lawyers Foundation, 1988 - Present (Member, Board of Directors)
• Hawaii Women Lawyers Foundation, 1988 - 1989 (President)
• National Conference of Women's Bar Associations, 1991 - 1995 (Vice President)
• Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1987 - 1994 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1991 (Treasurer)
• State of Hawaii Judicial Salary Commission, 2002 - 2006

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Lawyer Award
• Hawaii Women Lawyers, 1990
• Outstanding Young Women of America, 1985 - 1988
• Toll Fellow, Toll Fellowship Program, 1996

Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California, 1981
  J.D.
• University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1977
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors and Distinction

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa

Published Works

• "Hazardous Waste" (Contributing Author and Editor), Hawaii Conveyance Manual
• "Our Rights Our Lives" (Contributing Author), A Guide to Women's Legal Rights in Hawaii

Address

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

Phones

(808) 529-7438

Faxes

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