Mark G. Valencia

Hawaii State and American Bar Associations.

Sgt. U.S. Army, 1989-1993

WIHC, LLC v. NextGen Labs., Inc., 341 F. Supp.3d 1147 (D. Haw. 2018) (granting preliminary injunction to enjoin misappropriation of trade secrets, a case that later settled for $4.5 million); Association of Apartment Owners of Royal Aloha v. Certified Mgmt., Inc., 139 Hawaii 229, 386 P.3d 866 (2016) (as a matter of first impression, holding that laches applies to both legal and equitable claims); Wiesenberg v. University of Hawaii, 138 Hawaii 210, 378 P.3d 926 (2016) (clarifying that time to appeal runs from filing of amended final judgment); Hawaiian Ass’n of Seventh-day Adventists v. Wong, 130 Hawaii 36, 305 P.3d 452 (2013) (upholding refusal of circuit court to terminate long-term lease); Nazara v. F.R. Log Homes, Inc., 474 Fed. Appx. 517 (9 th Cir. 2012) (upholding district court’s dismissal of breach of contract and construction defect case); Valvanis v. Milgroom, 529 F. Supp.2d 1206 (D. Haw. 2007) (defeated motion to expunge lis pendens in which federal court held as matter of first impression in Hawaii that a lis pendens is proper in a fraudulent transfer action); Valvanis v. Milgroom, 529 F. Supp.2d 1190 (D. Haw. 2007) (defeated motion for summary judgment in federal court fraudulent transfer case); Mikelson v. United Services Automobile Association, 107 Hawaii 192, 111 P.3d 601 (2005) (successfully defended insurance coverage appeal before Hawaii Supreme Court involving issues of first impression in Hawaii); OWBR LLC v. Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 266 F. Supp.2d 1214 (D. Haw. 2003) (obtained summary judgment in federal court on behalf of Fortune 500 company in breach of contract case.