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Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Mediator
- Arbitrator
- Facilitator
- Health Care
- Defense of medical malpractice claims (in the courts, arbitration, mediation, and agency proceedings)
- Medical risk management (seminars, advising, and development of risk-prevention policies)
- Emergency court orders and advising on emergency health care issues
- Credentialing, peer review, and health care quality improvement issues
- Medical records confidentiality and HIPAA concerns
- Record-keeping practices
- Health insurance issues
- ERISA, COBRA, and Prepaid Health Care issues
- Healthcare compliance, fraud, and conflict of interest concerns
- Training physicians to give effective testimony in legal settings (and providing stress management seminars for providers in medical-legal cases)
- Internal governance, bylaws, and parliamentary issues
- Administrative law (for matters before the Board of Medical Examiners, Department of Health, SHPDA, Insurance Commissioner's Office, etc.)
- Certificates of need and licensing
- Civil rights and constitutional litigation
- Employment agreements and disputes
- General business advising
- Commercial litigation
Admitted to practice
- Hawai`i
- U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai`i
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals (inactive)
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Maryland Court of Appeals (inactive)
- U.S. Court of Claims
- U.S. Supreme Court
Affiliations
- Dispute Prevention and Resolution
- Panel of Arbitrators (1996-present)
- Court Annexed Arbitration Program (1st Circuit Court, Hawai`i)
- Arbitrator (1995-present)
- Hawai`i State Bar Association
- President (1996)
- President-elect (1995)
- Director (1994)
- Co-Chair, HSBA Taskforce (1996)
- Steering Committee on HSBA/Judiciary Citizens' Conference on Rethinking the Civil Justice System (1996)
- Executive Committee member (1995)
- Staff and Facilities Committee Chair (1995)
- Finance Committee member (1995)
- Strategic Planning Committee member (1995)
- Appellate Issues Committee (2003)
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Co-chair (2007-present)
- Nominating Committee member (2000, 2002, 2008)
- Awards Committee Co-Chair (1998), Chair (2000)
- Bench/Bar Conference member and facilitator (1999)
- Bench/Bar Committee member (1996-1997, 2008)
- Nominating Committee for HSBA Officers and Directors (1991)
- Joint Committee of HSBA/Disciplinary Board on Evaluation of Disciplinary Enforcement (1991)
- Committee member of Goal Group 6 (Administration of Justice) and Goal Group 8 (Gender Fairness) (1990)
- Church of the Crossroads member
- Coordinating Council and Director (2004)
- American Arbitration Association, Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators (1990-2002)
- Hawai`i Women's Legal Foundation
- Institute for Human Services
- President (2000-2002)
- Director (1998-2002)
- Organ Donor Center of Hawai`i
- Director (2004-present)
- Vice President (2007-2008)
- Central Union Church
- President (2001-2002)
- Vice-President (2000-2001)
- Trustee (1998-2002)
- Stewardship Committee Chair (1999-2001)
- National Association of Securities Dealers
- Hawai`i Supreme Court Disciplinary Board
- Member (1990-1996)
- Executive Committee Member, Opinions Committee Chair (1994)
- Hawai`i Justice Foundation
- Director (1996-2002)
- Secretary (1999)
- Sex Abuse Treatment Center
- President (1993-1994)
- Director (1992-1996)
- Hale Kipa Emergency Youth Shelter
- President (1991)
- Director (1988-1994)
- Multi-Door Courthouse Program
- Committee Chair (1992-1994)
- Professional Women's Network
- Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Hawai`i Women Lawyers
- President (1989-1990)
- Director (1988)
- District of Columbia Rape Crisis Center
Awards and Recognition
- American Bar Association Margaret Brent Award for Women Lawyers of Achievement (2006)
- Best Lawyers in America for Alternative Dispute Resolution (2007)
- Chambers USA, Leading Lawyers in Commercial Litigation in Hawai`i (2007)
- Best Lawyers in America for Health Care Law (2005-2007)
- Honolulu Magazine, Best Lawyers in Hawai`i (2005-2007)
- Hawai`i Women Lawyers - Distinguished Service Award (2001)
- Hawai`i Lawyers Care - Outstanding Contribution to the Delivery of Legal Services (1996)
- Hawai`i Foodbank - Na Hoku Malamalama Award (Brightest Star Award) (1996)
- Hawai`i Women Lawyers - Outstanding Woman Lawyer Award (1992)
- Hawai`i Women Lawyers - Outstanding Service Award (1991)
- YWCA - Award for Outstanding Woman Professional in Hawai`i (1990)
- Hawai`i State Bar Association - Pro Bono Award for Meritorious Community Service (1989)
- Marquis Who's Who in the World (2002-2004), in America (2002-2003, 2006), in American Law (1998-1999, 2005-2008), in the West (2000-2001, 2006-2007), in American Women (2006-2007), and in Finance and Industry (2000-2005)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
Education
- Harvard Law School (J.D. cum laude, 1980)
- Teaching Assistant for Legal Methods Classes
- Board of Student Advisors (1977-1979)
- Coordinator of First Year Orientation Program (1977)
- Honorable Mention, Best Brief, Ames Moot Court Alternative
- University of Tennessee (B.A. summa cum laude, 1976)
- Independently designed curriculum in Constitutional Law
- U.T. College Scholars Honors Independent Study Program
- Chancellor's Citation for Extraordinary Academic Achievement (University's highest academic award)
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Attorneys and staff of AHFI will be volunteering on Thursday, April 10 from 6 to 9am on radio station KHPR on day number 2 of Challenge 2008 in support of Hawaii Public Radio.
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Trudy Burns Stone has joined AHFI as Of Counsel and will be working with
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Lessees' lawsuit against the City and County of Honolulu for violations of the U.S. Constitution reinstated
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Class certification granted in lawsuit to identify and provide services for homeless children
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Lawsuit filed to stop illegal vacation rentals on North Shore
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