John S. Edmunds

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Moot Court Honors. Author: "Prepaid Legal Service: Its Development and Future," (Part 1), Vol. XI, No. 4, Hawaii Bar Journal, 1975. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Hawaii School of Law, 1984-1985. Chief Deputy Public Defender, State of Hawaii, 1970-1972. President, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, 1971-1973. Member: Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, 1974-1975; State Task Force on Criminal Justice Standards, 1976-1977. Special Deputy Attorney General, State of Hawaii, 1977-1978. Acting Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1981-1982. Member, Hawaii Federal Judicial Selection Commission, 1985-1986. Member, Federal Magistrate Merit Selection Commission, 1985-1986. Member, 1999-2005 and Vice-Chair, 2004, Hawaii State Judicial Selection Commission. Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Federal Judicial Conference, 2001-2004.

American Bar Foundation; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers; American College of Trial Lawyers (Chairman, Hawaii State Committee, 1992-1993; Member: Legal Ethics Committee; National Professionalism Committee).

Areas of Practice (5)

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Law
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Criminal Defense

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Stanford University, A.B., Philosophy (honors program), 1964
Law School Attended:
University of Southern California, J.D., moot court honors, 1967
Year of First Admission:
1968
Admission:
1968, Hawaii; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1968, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Memberships:
Hawaii State (Chairman, Prepaid Legal Services Committee, 1974, 1975) and American Bar Associations; Hawaii Academy of Plaintiff's Attorneys (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1983 and 1995—); Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court.
Birth Information:
Los Angeles, California, January 3, 1943
Reported Cases:
Domingo ex rel. Domingo v. T.K., 289 F.3d 600 (9th Cir. (Hawaii) 2002); U.S. v. Kim, 577 F.2d 473 (9th Cir. (Hawaii) 1978; Akee v. Dow Chemical Co., 272 F. Supp.2d 1112 (D.Haw. 2003); Corbett v. Brill, 128 F.Supp.2d 650 (D.Haw. 2000); U.S. Pacific Builders v. Mitsui Trust & Banking Co., 57 F.Supp. 2d 1018 (D.Haw. 1999); Swift Securities, Ltd. v. Yau, 120 Haw. 115, 201 P.3d 628 (2009); Walden v. Flanigan, 119 Haw. 467, 198 P.3d 730 (2009); Taylor v. Winston, 112 Haw. 148, 144 P.3d 596 (2006); Ching v. Ching, 103 Haw. 313, 81 P.3d 1228 (2003); Hawaii Providers Network, Inc. v. AIG Hawaii Ins. Co., Inc., 105 Haw. 362, 98 P.2d 233 (2004); State v. Wakisaka, 102 Haw. 504, 78 P.3d 317 (2003); State v. Wong, 97 Haw. 512, 40 P.3d 914 (2002); Jenkins v. Liberty Newspapers Ltd. Partnership, 89 Haw. 254, 971 P.2d 1089 (1999); Dring v. Dring, 87 Haw. 369, 956 P.2d 1301 (Haw. App. 1998); Okada v. MGIC Indem. Corp., 823 F.2d 276 (9th Cir. (Hawaii) 1986); Brandenburger v. Thompson, 494 F.2d 885 (9th Cir. (Hawaii) 1974); Keiter v. Penn Mut. Ins. Co, 900 F.Supp. 1339 (D.Haw. 1995); Okada v. MGIC Indem. Corp., 608 F.Supp. 383 (D.Haw. 1985); In re Holoholo Litigation, 557 F.Supp. 1024, 1984 A.M.C. 436 (D.Haw. 1983); In re Holoholo, 512 F.Supp. 889 (D.Haw. 1981); Uncle John's of Hawaii v. Mid-Pacific Restaurants, 71 Haw. 412, 794 P.2d 614 (1990); McCarthy v. Jaress, 6 Haw.App. 143, 711 P.2d 1315 (1985); Republican Party of Hawaii v. Waihee, 68 Haw. 258, 709 P.2d 980 (1985); McCarthy v. Yempuku, 5 Haw.App. 45, 678 P.2d 11 (1984); Toledo v. Lam, 67 Haw. 20, 675 P.2d 773 (1984); Seibel v. Kemble, 63 Haw. 516, 631 P.2d 173 (1981); State v. Schutter, 60 Haw. 221, 60 Haw. 677, 588 P.2d 428 (1978); Abramson v. Board of Regents, University of Hawaii, 56 Haw. 680, 548 P.2d 253 (1976).
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