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Mediator, Arbitrator, Lawyer
Educational Background:
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall, Juris Doctor 1973
University of Hawaii, Bachelors of Art, 1969 (Phi Beta Kappa)
Professional Practice Areas:
Practicing since 1973 as a mediator, arbitrator and/or lawyer in the following fields:
- Construction deficiency and Design professionals liability;
- Commercial, contract, real property, technology and financial services;
- Labor and Employment; and
- Professional liability and Personal Injury;
- The Accord Group, Australian Commercial Disputes Centre, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre,
- Subordinate Court-Singapore, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, Courts of the Republic of Palau and others.
- Lecturer: On arbitration, mediation, partnering and dispute resolution in United States, Australia, Canada and Hong Kong.
- Partnering
- Facilitation: Team Building and Partnering Projects: Construction Projects, Labor-Management and Business Alliances.
Professional Associations:
American Arbitration Association, Board of Directors (1997 -)
Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR), Director [1993 - 99],
Past Co-chair, Commercial Sector, Qualification Commission, Past President - Hawaii Chapter (1986)
Hawaii Bar Association and its Subcommittees on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Labor and Real Property
and Financial Services
Arbitrator, Mediator, Conciliator and/or Facilitator:
On the panels of the American Arbitration Association, Hawaii Labor Relations Board, State of Hawaii Court Annexed Arbitration
Program, Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and other local, national and
international organizations.
Trainer: Arbitrators and mediators for the American Arbitration Association, Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Sample cases:
Sole arbitrator in disputes arising out of the development and construction of the Hyatt Regency Waikoloa Resort project
(US $300,000,000.00).
Multiple claims regarding defective design and construction were asserted between the owner, developer,
general contractor, prime sub-contractor, architect, design consultants, suppliers, and sub-contractors.
Multiple issues were involved concerning different aspects of this large resort development,
including but not limited to claims concerning water quality, mechanical equipment failure, boatway design,
pool tile failure, petroleum spillage, accounting and insurance claims. Multiple multi-million dollar claims involving
different parties were addressed in separate phases of this arbitration.
Arbitrator since 1978 of construction industry disputes involving design, construction and material failure claims i
Hawaii, Guam and the mainland United States.
Other arbitration cases have included various commercial contract and real property disputes, resort hotel management
contract and accounting disputes as well as labor-management grievance arbitrations.
Mediator of construction design deficiency claim concerning a government water treatment facility.
This mediation involved multiple parties, including the government agency, design professional firms,
the general contractor, sub-contractor, supplier and surety.
Mediator of numerous and varied, simple, complex and multi-party construction and design deficiency cases since
1984 ranging from single family residential, condominium, subdivision, industrial, commercial, high-rise
and public works projects in Hawaii,
Guam and the mainland United States.
Mediator and co-mediator of hotel/resort contract disputes, hotel ground lease controversies following hurricane damage
and conflict between municipal mayor and county council. Mediator of labor and employment discharge,
discrimination and harassment claims, family business and professional liability matters.
Mediator of double wrongful death action, Koror, Palau.
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