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| | Address | | 841 Bishop Street, Suite 600 | | Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-3962 | | (Honolulu Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Cronin, Fried, Sekiya,
Kekina & Fairbanks,
Attorneys At Law, A Law Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Practice Limited to Litigation, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice Law, Aviation, Products Liability and Admiralty. | | Year Established: 1973 | | Firm Size: 18 | | Paul F. Cronin (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, July 7, 1933; admitted to bar, 1962, Hawaii and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands; 1987, Alaska; 1989, Montana. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.S., 1955); Boston College (LL.B., 1962); George Washington University. Faculty Workshop Leader, Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, 1982. Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Hawaii, 1982-1984. Member: Hawaii State, Alaska, Federal (Chairman, Admiralty Rules Committee, 1986—) and American Bar Associations; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States; American Board of Trial Advocates; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii; American Association for Justice (Hawaii Governor, 1975-1976); Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Reported Cases: Washington Insurance Guaranty Association v. Ramsey, 922 P.2d 237 (Alaska, 1996); Forbes v. Hawaiian Tug & Barge Corp.; 125 F.R.D. 505 (D. Hawaii 1989); Ward v. American Hawaii Cruises, Inc., 719 F.Supp. 915 (D. Hawaii 1988); Chuska Energy Co. v. Superior Oil Co., 658 F.Supp. 867 (S.D. Tex. 1987); Allen v. U.S., 1987 A.M.C. 2571 (E.D. La. 1986); Sakuda v. Kyodoguimi Co., Ltd., 555 F.Supp. 371 (C.D. Hawaii 1983); In re Pago Pago Air Crash of January 30, 1974, 419 F.Supp. 1158 (C.D. Cal. 1976), 525 F.Supp 1007 (C.D. Cal. 1981); Takahashi v. Loomis Armored Car Service, 625 F.2d 314 (Ninth Cir. 1980); Barron v. U.S., 473 F.Supp 1077 (Hawaii 1979), 654 F.2d 644 (Ninth Cir. 1981); Vollert v. Summa Corp., 389 F.Supp. 1348 (D. Hawaii 1975); AVEMCO Ins. co. v. Chung, 388 F.Supp. 142 (D. Hawaii 1975); Saint Paul Marine Transp. Corp. v. Cerro Sales Corp., 313 F.Supp 277 (D. Hawaii 1970), 332 F.Supp 233 (D. Hawaii 1971), 505 F.20 1115 (Ninth Cir. 1974); Heath v. Matson Nav. Co., 333 F.Supp 131 (D. Hawaii 1971) 505 F. 2d 1115 (Ninth Cir. 1974); Willard v. City and County of Honolulu, 323 F.Supp 666 (D. Hawaii 1971) Practice Areas: Admiralty; Maritime Law; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Paul F. Cronin | | L. Richard Fried, Jr. (Member) born New York, N.Y., April 3, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Arizona; 1968, Hawaii; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Tax Court; 1978, U.S. Claims Court and District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. Education: University of Arizona (B.S., with honors, 1963; LL.B., 1966). Phi Delta Phi. First Recipient, Hawaii Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Hawaii Trial Lawyers Association, 1994. Recipient, Best Lawyers in America 1983—. Delegate to Annual Hawaii State Judicial Conference, 1987-1989. Member, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1987-1988. Member, Hawaii State Judicial Performance Committee, 1991-1993. Lt. Col. (ret.) U.S.A.F.R. Deputy Liaison Officer Commander for the U.S. Air Force Academy, Hawaii Region, 1982-1993. Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Hawaii, 1991-1993. Member: Advisory Group to the U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 1991-1995, 2001-2002. Chairman, Lawyer's Division, ACLU, 2001-2006. Member: Hawaii State Bar (Member, Board of Directors, 1995-1997), Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; Lawyer Pilot's Bar Association, 2003-2006; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii (Member. Board of Governors, 1993-2000; President, 2001-2002); American Association for Justice (National Committeeman, 1980-1982; Member, Aviation Law Section, Birth Trauma Litigation Group, Federal Tort Liability and Military Advocacy Law Section); American Board of Trial Advocates (Vice-President, 1987-1994). Reported Cases: McKenzie v. Hawaii Permanente Med. Group, 98 Hawaii 296, 47 P.3d 1209 (2002); Abramson v. Aetna Ins. Co., 76 F.3d 304 (9th Cir. 1996); Lum v. Queen's Medical Center, 69 Haw. 419, 744 P.2D 1205 (1987); Fernandez v. U.S., 673 F.2d 269 (Ninth Cir. 1982); Survivors of Cariaga v. Del Monte Corp., 2 Haw. App. 672, 642 P.2d 537 (1982); Peters v. Peters, 63 Haw. 653, 634 P.2d 586 (1981); Seibel v. Kembel, 63 Haw. 516, 631 P.2d 173 (1981); Siebel v. City and County of Honolulu, 61 Haw. 253, 602 P.2d 532 (1979); Gregg Kendall & Associates, Inc. v. Kauhi, 53 Haw. 88, 486 P.2d 136 (1971); Evanson v. University of Hawaii, 52 Haw. 595, 483 P.2d 187 (1971); McIntosh v. Murphy, 52. Haw. 29, 469 P.2d 177, reh'g denied, 52 Haw. 112 (1970). Practice Areas: Automobile; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: L. Richard Fried, Jr. | | Gerald Y. Sekiya (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, August 28, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Hawaii; 1969, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1965); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1968). Order of the Coif. Member, Thurston Society. Associate Research Editor, Hastings Law Journal, 1964-1965. Law Clerk to Hon. O. Carter and Hon. R. Peckham, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1968-1970. Bencher, American Inn of Court IV, 1983—. Member: Supreme Court Committee on Circuit Court Rules, 1984—; Judicial Arbitration Commission, 1986—; Supreme Court Committee on Family Court Rules, 1987—; Chair, Commission on Judicial Conduct, 1994—. Member: Hawaii State (Member, Executive Board, 1980-1981; 1985-1986) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Delegate, 1984-1985); American Board of Trial Advocates (President, 1994—); Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii; Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs' Attorneys (President, 1985). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; American Judicature Society (Member, Advisory Committee, Judicial Ethics Center). Reported Cases: Ono v. Applegate, 62 Haw. 131, 612 P.2d 533 (1980); Fujioka v. Kam, 55 Haw. 7, 514 P.2d 568 (1973); Brinkerhoff v. Amfac, Inc., 485 F.2d 1389 (Ninth Cir. 1973); Northern Acceptance Trust 1065 v. Amfac, Inc., 59 F.R.D. 116 (D. Hawaii 1973) Practice Areas: Automobile; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Gerald Y. Sekiya | | Wayne K. Kekina (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, December 27, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, Hawaii; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of San Francisco (B.S., 1964); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1967). Member: Hawaii State, Federal and American Bar Associations; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Association for Justice; American Board of Trial Advocates; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii; Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs' Attorneys; Native Hawaiian Bar Association. [Capt. U.S. Army, Vietnam, 1968-1969, Congressional Inquiry Investigator]. Reported Cases: Ikene v. Maruo, 54 Haw. 548, 511 P.2d 1087 (1973); Quin v. Wilshire Ins. Co., 53 Haw. 19, 496 P.2d 59 (1971); Corden v. Paschoal's Limited, 52 Haw. 242, 473 P. 2d 561 (1970) Practice Areas: Automobile; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Wayne K. Kekina | | David L. Fairbanks (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, July 16, 1940; admitted to bar, 1968, Hawaii, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1962); Santa Clara University (J.D., 1968). Associate Editor, Santa Clara Lawyer, 1967-1968. Commissioner, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Hawaii, 1977-1985. Trustee, Punahou School, 1985-2007. Member, American Inn of Court IV, 1983—. Member, Hawaii Federal Judicial Selection Commission, 1985-1989. Member, Merit Selection Panel, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, 1985. Trustee, Client Security Trust Fund of the Hawaii Supreme Court, 1983-1991. Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Hawaii, 1984-1986. Member, Judicial Selection Commission, State of Hawaii, 1995-2001. Member: Hawaii State (President, 1984), Federal and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Society of Barristers; American College of Trial Lawyers; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii. [Capt., U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1962-1965]. Practice Areas: Automobile; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Toxic Torts. Email: David L. Fairbanks | | John D. Thomas, Jr. (Member) born San Francisco, California, June 24, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1974, Hawaii; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1970); University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1973). Member, Hawaii Supreme Court Standing Committee on the Rules of Evidence, 1993—. Chair, Hawaii Tort Law Study Committee, 1997-1999. Member: Hawaii State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii; American Association for Justice; American Board of Trial Advocates. Reported Cases: McKenzie v. Hawaii Permanente Med. Group, 98 Hawaii 296, 47 P.3d 1209 (2002); Hirahara v. Tanaka, 87 Hawaii 460, 959 P.2d 830 (1998); Jenkins v. Whittaker Corp., 551 F.Supp. 110, 545 F.Supp. 1117 (D.C. Hawaii 1982); Shibuya v. Architects Hawaii Ltd, 65 Haw. 26, 647 P. 2d 276 (1982); Calvin v. Limco Ltd., 60 Haw. 154, 587 P. 2d 1216 (1978); Turner v. Willis, 59 Haw. 319, 582 P. 2d 710 (1978) Practice Areas: Automobile; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: John D. Thomas, Jr. | | Stuart A. Kaneko (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, September 23, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, Hawaii, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Tax Court; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1977). Member: Hawaii State, Federal and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii; The Association of Plaintiffs Lawyers of Hawaii (Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1992). Practice Areas: Automobile; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Stuart A. Kaneko | | Bert S. Sakuda (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, February 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1979). Speaker: Seminar on Tort Law, PLI, 1989; Insurance Litigation, Hawaii State Trial Judges Association, 1991; Automobile Insurance Law; Hawaii State Trial Judges Association, 1992; The New No-Fault Law, PLI, 1992; The New Hawaii No-Fault Law, HICLE, 1992; CAAP Arbitration, State Judiciary (1993); No-Fault Fee Schedule & Guidelines, PLI, 1993; Medical/Fee Schedule and Treatment Guidelines, PLI, 1994, Tort Law, PLI 1996, No-Fault Law, HICLE, 1997, Topics in Tort, HICLE, 1997, Auto Ins. Law, PLI, 1997, Auto/Liability Insurance Law, PLI, 1998. Member: Supreme Court Task Force on Appellate ADR, 1994; Supreme Court Resolution 15 Committee, 1989-1990; Supreme Court Stan. Comm. Appellate Rules, 1994-1997, Citizens Conf. on Judicial Selection, 1993; Citizens Justice Conf., 1996; Hawaii Supreme Court Early Conf. Comm., 1997; Supreme Court Civil Jury Instruction Committee, 1997—. Member: Hawaii State (Chair, 1993-1995, 1997-1999, Member, 1989-1992, Legislation and Public Policy Standing Committee; Member, Tort Reform Subcommittee, 1988), Federal and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii (Board of Directors, 1996-1999; Lawyer of the Year, 1996). Reported Cases: Macabio v. TIG Ins. Co., 87 Haw. 307, 955 P.2d 100 (1998); Abramson v. Aetna Ins. Co., 76 F.3d 304 (9th Cir. 1996); Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hirose, 77 Haw. 362, 884 P2d 1138 (1994); Wong-Leong v. HIRI, 76 Haw. 433, 879 P2d 538 (1994); Mollena v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 72 Haw. 314, 816 P2d 1968 (1991); Ganiron v. Hawaii Ins. Guar. Ass'n, 69 Haw. 432, 744 p. 2d 1210 (1987); Noguchi v. Nakamura, 2 Haw. App. 522, 638 P. 2d 1383 (1982); Cariaga v. Del Monte Corp., 65 Haw. 404, 652 P. 2d 1143 (1982); Peters v. Peters, 63 Haw. 653, 634 P.2d 586 (1981). Practice Areas: Automobile; Aviation; Insurance; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Bert S. Sakuda | | Keith K. H. Young (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, September 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii at Manoa; University of Wisconsin at Madison (B.A., with honors, 1982); Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1983-1984). Member: Hawaii State and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii. Reported Cases: State Farm Mut. Auto. Inc. Co. v. Robinol, 699 F.Supp. 819 (D. Haw. 1988) Practice Areas: Automobile; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Construction Accidents; Pharmaceutical Injuries. Email: Keith K. H. Young | | Gregory L. Lui-Kwan (Member) born Hilo, Hawaii, January 21, 1950; admitted to bar, 1982, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii at Manoa (B.A., 1978); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1982). First Place, University of Hawaii Moot Court Competition, 1980. Participant, National Moot Court Competition, 1980. Staff Associate Editor, University of Hawaii Law Review, 1980-1982. Member, Board of Directors, William S. Richardson School of Law Alumni Association, 1988-1994 (President, 1992-1994). Member, Native Hawaiian Bar Association, 1995—. Member: Hawaii State and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii; American Inn of Court (Barrister). Reported Cases: Liberty Mutual Fire Ins Co. v. Dennison, 108 Haw. 380, 120 P 3d 1115 (2005); Colonial Penn Ins. Co. v. First Ins. Co. of Hawaii, Ltd., 71 Haw. 42, 780 P. 2d 1112 (1989); Watson v. Brown, 67 Haw. 252, 686 P. 2d 12 (1984). Practice Areas: Automobile; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Gregory L. Lui-Kwan | | Patrick F. McTernan (Member) born Suffern, New York, September 22, 1955; admitted to bar, 1986, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Hawaii at Manoa (B.A., 1982); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii; DePaul University (J.D., 1986). Member: Hawaii State and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice (Member, Admiralty Law Section); Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii. Reported Cases: McKenzie v. Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Inc., 98 Hawaii 296, 47 P 3d 1209 (2002); Hirahara v. Tanaka, 87 Hawaii 460, 959 P 2d 830 (1998); Howard v. United States, 181 F.3d 1064 (9th Cir 1999). Practice Areas: Admiralty/Maritime Law; Aviation; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Patrick F. McTernan | | Geoffrey K.S. Komeya (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, September 12, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii at Manoa (B.A., with distinction, 1987; M.A., with honors, 1989); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa (J.D., 1993). Editor-in Chief, 1992-1993 and Member, 1991-1992, University of Hawaii Law Review. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in: Torts; Advanced Torts/Insurance Law; Negotiation, Mediation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Federal Income Taxation; Appellate Advocacy. Law Clerk to: Honorable Ronald T.Y. Moon, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Hawaii, 1994-1996; Honorable Samuel P. King, Senior United States District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, 1993-1994. Co-Author, with Professor Richard S. Miller, "Tort and Insurance 'Reform' in a Common Law Court," 14 U. Haw. L.Rev. 55 (1992). Member, National Environmental Moot Court Team, 1991-1992. Member, Appellate Rules Standing Committee, Hawaii Supreme Court, 1997—. Member: Hawaii State, Federal and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; Consumer Lawyers Hawaii. Practice Areas: Automobile; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Geoffrey K.S. Komeya | | —————————— | | Sylvia J. Luke (Associate) born Seoul, Korea, December 15, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., 1989); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1995). Member, University of San Francisco Law Review. Member: Hawaii State and American Bar Associations; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii; American Association for Justice. Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury; Construction Accidents; Automobile Accidents. Email: Sylvia J. Luke | | Denise K. H. Kawatachi (Associate) born Okinawa, Japan, October 16, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.B.A., with distinction, 1993; J.D., 1997). Member: Hawaii State Bar Association; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Automobile; Personal Injury; Construction Accidents. Email: Denise K. H. Kawatachi | | Howard G. McPherson (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, April 20, 1954; admitted to bar, 1991, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1988); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1991). Member: Hawaii State Bar Association; Federal and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice. Reported Cases: MacDonald v. Kahikolu, Ltd., 442 F.3d 1199 (9th Cir. 2006); Weber v. Indemnity Insurance Company, 345 F.Supp.2d 1139 (D. Haw. 2004); Anzai v. Chevron Corp., 168 F. Supp. 2d 1180 (D. Haw. 2001); Becker v. Dillingham Construction Pacific, Ltd., 2001 A.M.C. 1376 (D. Haw.); In re Kanoa, Inc., 872 F.Supp. 740 (D. Haw. 1994); Sletten v. Hawaii Yacht Club, 1993 A.M.C. 2863 (D. Haw.). Practice Areas: Admiralty, Torts and Insurance; Complex Civil Litigation. Email: Howard G. McPherson | | Laura E. Ozak (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, July 2, 1958; admitted to bar, 1994, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 2002, Hawaii. Education: Eastern Michigan University (B.S.N., 1982); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1994). Recipient, The Labor and Employment Law Student Achievement Award. Member: Hawaii State Bar Association; State Bar of California; The American Association of Nurse Attorneys; Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury. Email: Laura E. Ozak | | Brian T. Toma (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, May 20, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., 1997); William S. Richardson School of Law (J.D., 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. American Inns of Court, 2004-2006. Email: Brian T. Toma | | Gregory Y.P. Tom (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, January 8, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.B.A., 1987); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1993). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Advanced Legal Writing; Criminal Procedure; Trial Practice and Professional Responsibility; The Lawrence Kono Memorial Award for Federal Income Taxation; The Phi Delta Phi Award for Professional Responsibility. Member: Hawaii State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice. |
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