Practice Areas - Admiralty/Maritime
- Commercial Litigation
- Contract Law
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- Administrative Law
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| University | Texas A & M University, B.S., cum laude, 1980 |
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| Law School | South Texas College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1983 |
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| Admitted | 1990, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Hawaii State, American and Federal Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor in Admiralty 1987). |
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| Military | U.S. Air Force, 1983-1990 |
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| Languages | Spanish |
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| Born | San Antonio, Texas, February 12, 1958 |
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| Biography | Member, South Texas Law Review, 1982-1983. Adjunct Professor of Admiralty Law, University of Hawaii, 2000—. Adjunct Instructor of Business Law, Hawaii Pacific University, 1990-2003. Commissioner, State of Hawaii Land Use Commission 2004-2008. Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Maritime Law, 2007.
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| Reported Cases | S&T Fishing, Inc., Limitation Proceeding, 2002 AMC 375; Haines v. Honolulu Shipyard, Inc., 2000 AMC 1257; Sana v. Hawaiian Cruises, Ltd., 181 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir. 1999); Cabral v. Healy Tibbits Builders, Inc., 128 F.3d 1289 (9th Cir. 1997) cert. den'd. 523 US 1133,118 S.Ct. 1827 (1998); Gorospe v. Matsui, 72 Haw. 377 (1991). |
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| ISLN | 907335557 |
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