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Practice Areas: Appellate Practice(20%); Criminal Law(30%); Driving While Intoxicated(25%); Attorney Discipline(5%); Civil Rights(5%); Courts-Martial(15%) ; Military Justice, Fraud

Additional Information: See: United States of America v. Katherine Kealoha and Louis M. Kealoha

Hawaii State and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California; District of Columbia Bar; CNMI Bar Association; Hawaii Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Past President).

Biography: Author: Hawaii Rules of Evidence Annotated.

Military: LTC, JA, USAR (Ret.)

Reported Cases: Mayo v. Attorney General, 528 F. Supp. 833 (D.Haw.1981), aff'd. 692 F.2d 595 (9th Cir.1982); Tamapua v. Shimoda, 796 F.2d 261 (9th Cir. 1986); United States v. Hashimoto, 878 F.2d 1126 (9th Cir. 1989); Dow v. Circuit Court of the First Circuit, 995 F.2d 922 (9th Cir. 1993); State v. Gano, 92 Haw. 161, 988 P.2d 1153 (1999); State v. Aplaca, 74 Haw. 54, 837 P.2d 1298 (1992); Soderlund v. Administrative Director, 96 Haw. 114, 26 P.3d 1214 (2001); Freitas v. Administrative Director, 104 Haw. 483, 92 P.3d 993 (2004); State v. Marcos, 106 Haw. 116, 102 P.3d 360 (2004); State v. Keawe, 107 Haw. 1, 108 P.3d 304 (2005); Taomae v. Lingle, 108 Haw. 245, 118 P.3d 1188 (2005); State v. Valenzona, 92 Haw. 449, 992 P.2d 718 (App. 1999); State v. Astronomo, 95 Haw. 76, 18 P.3d 938 (App.2001).