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Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Banking and Finance
- Lender liability
- Representation of receivers
- Bankruptcy including creditors' rights, asset sale or lease litigation, executory leases and contracts litigation, fraudulent conveyance, preferences, relief from stay litigation, and representation of trustees
- Employment Law
- Wrongful termination
- Equal employment opportunity(discrimination, harassment, and retaliation issues)
- Personnel management and training (handbooks, employment contracts, independent contractor agreements, severance agreements, workplace training)
- Proprietary rights (confidentiality and non-compete agreements)
- Workplace investigations
- Litigation
- Breach of contract and other business disputes
- Business torts
- Business valuation disputes
- Class actions
- Fraudulent conveyance
- Partnership disputes
- Professional liability
- RICO
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Real estate litigation including DROA and other real property sales contract disputes, foreclosures, lease disputes, and partition
- Civil rights including reproductive rights and disabilities laws
Admitted to Practice
- Hawai`i
- California (inactive)
- U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai`i
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Affiliations
- AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
- Litigation Section
- Labor & Employment Section
- AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION
- AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSITIUTE
- FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION
- NINTH CIRCUIT JUDICAL CONFERENCE
- Lawyer representative (1994-1996)
- HAWAI`I STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
- Bankruptcy Section
- Labor & Employment Law Section (Vice chair, 2006)
- Board of Directors (1994-1995; 2007-present)
- Young Lawyers Division, Board of Directors (1984-1986)
- Nominating Committee of the Hawai`i Supreme Court, member (2005)
- HAWAI`I WOMEN'S LEGAL FOUNDATION
- President (1992-1993)
- Board of Directors (1986-1993)
- SERVED ON VARIOUS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COMMITTEES TO RECOMMEND SELECTION OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGE, MAGISTRATE JUDGE, AND FEDERAL PUBLIC DENFENDER; TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM ACT; TO REVIEW AND REVISE LOCAL CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES.
- ALOHA AIRLINES, INC.
- Board of Directors (1987-2006)
- AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK, HONOLULU, HAWAI`I
- Board of Directors (1994-present)
- ISLAND HOLDINGS
- Board of Directors (2002-present)
- SUTTER HEALTH PACIFIC, DBA KAHI MOHALA HOSPITAL
- Board of Governors (1998-present)
- HAWAI`I MEDICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
- Board of Directors (2003-present)
- ASSETS SCHOOL
- Board of Trustees (1994-2006)
- ROTARY CLUB OF HONOLULU
- Member (2000-present)
- Former Chair, Advisory Board for Positive Choices substance abuse prevention program
- CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE
- Board Chair (1992-1993)
- Board of Directors (1987-1992)
- THE HAWAI`I COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
- Board of Governors (1994-1998)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI`I FOUNDATION
- Board of Trustees (1995-2001, 2004-present)
- Second Vice Chair (2000-2001)
- ALOHA UNITED WAY
- Board of Directors (1994-1998)
- ADIVSORY GROUP TO UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT UNDER CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM ACT OF 1990
- Member
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
- Litigation Committee, Member (1990-1995)
- HISTORIC HAWAI`I FOUNDATION
- Board of Directors (1995-1997)
- PLAZA CLUB
- Board of Governors (2000-present)
Publications
- Contributing Author, The Pacific Employer
Awards and Recognition
- Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation (2008 ed.)
- Chambers USA, Leading Lawyers in Commercial Litigation in Hawai`i (2007)
- YWCA Leadership Award (2004)
- Planned Parenthood of Hawai`i Bette Takahashi Award for Outstanding Community Service (2001)
- Hawai`i State Bar Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to Community Service (1993)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
Education
- University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, CA (J.D. 1978)
- Yale University, New Haven, CT (B.A. magna cum laude, 1974)
Past Positions
- Paul, Johnson, Alston & Hunt, Honolulu, HI
- Shareholder (1986-1991)
- Associate (1981-1986)
- Carlsmith & Dwyer, Honolulu, HI
- The Honorable Samuel P. King, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai`i
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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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