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Gerald A. Sumida

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Honolulu,  HI  U.S.A.
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Practice Areas

  • Business Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Energy
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Securities
  • Administrative Agency
  • International Trade
  • Antitrust
 
University Princeton University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1966 Phi Beta Kappa
 
Law SchoolYale University, J.D., 1969
 
Admitted1970, Hawaii, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court
 
Memberships Hawaii State (Secretary, 1975 and Vice President, 1984) and American (Member, Sections on: International Law; Antitrust Law; Business Law; Public Utility; Environment; Member, Advisory Board of the ABA Asia Law Initiative Counsel 2003—) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; International Bar Association; American Society of International Law; Inter-Pacific Bar Association (Council Member, 2003-2005; Deputy Secretary General, 2007-2009; Secretary-General, 2009—); International Law Association (American Branch).
 
Special AgenciesAsian Development Bank.
 
BornHilo, Hawaii
 
Biography

Vice Chairman, 1971-1975 and Chairman, 1976-1979 Hawaii State Commission on the Year 2000. Member: Cameras in the Court Evaluation Committee, Hawaii Supreme Court, 1984-1985; Management Committee, Pacific Basin Economic Council-U.S., 1994-1999; Board of Governors and Executive Committee, American National Red Cross, 1994-2000. Chairman, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, 1997-1998. Director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1998-2000. Vice President and Member, Executive Committee, Center for International Commercial Dispute Resolution, 1987—. Founding Member and Vice Chairman, 1984—, Honolulu Committee on Foreign Relations. Member: Hawaii/Pacific District Export Council, 1986-1999, 2004—; Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs, 2004—; Board of Directors and Member, Executive Committee, American Red Cross-Hawaii (2003—); Member, Board of Trustees, University of Hawaii Foundation (2004—); Founding Member, Director and President, Foundation for the Center for Asia-Pacific Security Studies (2005—); Co-author: "Legal, Institutional and Financial Aspects of an Inter-Island Electrical Transmission Cable," Hon., 1984. Author: "Alternative Approaches to the Legal, Institutional and Financial Aspects of Developing an Inter-Island Electrical Transmission Cable System," Hon., 1986; "Legal, Institutional and Financial Aspects of an Inter-Island Electrical Transmission Cable," Geothermics, vol. 15, No. 4 (1986); "Antitrust Law in the Health Care Field" in National Business Institute, Inc., Hawaii Health Care Law Update (1989); "The Role of the Judiciary: Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Bribert: Conditions of Effective Reform," Asian Development Bank, Taking Action Against Corruption in Asia and the Pacific, Manila, 2002. Research Associate, Center of International Studies, Princeton University, 1969-1970. Partner, Carlsmith Ball, Hon., 1976-1999. General Counsel, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1999-2003.

 
Reported CasesIn re Wind Power Pacific Investors-III, 686 P.2d 831, 67 Haw. 342 (1984).
 
ISLN903317342
 


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Gerald A. Sumida
Carlsmith Ball LLP
1001 Bishop Street
Honolulu, HI 96809-0656




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