Greater Boston
Admitted to bar in 1991 (Hawai'i) and 2000 (Massachusetts), United States District Court for the Districts of Massachusetts and Hawai'i, United States Courts of Appeals for the First and Ninth Circuits. Practice for the past 30 years emphasizing: - small business law and litigation, including formation and employment law; - specialties in public and private construction contracts and litigation; - commercial and residential lease drafting and litigation; - contract drafting and dispute resolution; - unfair and deceptive trade practice litigation; - civil rights litigation (42 U.S.C. sec. 1983, Title VII Employment Law; disabilities rights law); and - family law mediation and litigation. - Mediator and Mediator trainer, and former director, for the Mediation Center of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawai'i - 1986 through 1999; certified mediator-trained in Massachusetts. Former Law Clerk: to Honorable Robert B. Collings, Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts; to the Honorable Helen Gillmor, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai'i; to the Honorable Barry M. Kurren, Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai'i; to the Honorable Robert G. Klein, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai'i; and to the Honorable Thomas K. Kaulukukui, Civil Motions/Administrative/Land Court/Tax Appeal Court Judge of the First Circuit Court, State of Hawai'i. Publications: "Wage and Hour Update" (2001 and 2002, Pub.: Sterling Educational Seminars); "Discussion of the Overlap of the ADA, FMLA, and Worker's Compensation Act When Dealing With Absences of Ill, Injured, or Disabled Employees" (2001, Publ.: Sterling Educational Seminars; "Civil Motions Practice" (1992 - Hawai'i Bar Journal). Education: Rutgers College (B.A. 1981); University of Hawai'i at Manoa (J.D./M.A. 1991); both graduate degrees earned through a research grant from the Environment and Policy Institute of the East-West Center. Taught at Brandeis University's Legal Studies Program through a Lawrence A. Guberman Teaching Fellowship, and taught a Veterinary Practice and Law course at Tufts" Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
Legal practice focusing on small, often family-run, business formation, employment, and contract law and litigation. Specializing also in Construction contract and litigation issues on behalf of Contractors, Sub-Contractors, and Project Owners, as well as Commercial and Residential Landlord/tenant lease drafting and litigation. Civil Rights litigation. Civil and Criminal Appellate briefing and argument. Family Law mediator and mediator trainer since 1986.