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Areas of Practice

• General commercial litigation
  • Contract and real estate disputes
  • Medical malpractice
  • Class actions
  • Civil rights litigation
• Environmental litigation

Admitted to Practice

• Hawai`i
• U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai`i

Affiliations

• Hawai`i State Bar Association
  • Natural Resources Section, Chair (2005-2006), Vice Chair (2004-2005)
• Hawai`i Women Lawyers, Member
• Taiwanese Association of America, Hawai`i Chapter
  • Member and Secretary (2004-2005), Legal Liaison and Public Relations (2005-2006)

Publications and Presentations

• Contributing Author and Editor for Hawaii Chapter, Business Torts Desk Reference (2007 Edition)
• Author, Use of Hawai`i Brownfields Clean-up Revolving Loan Funds, Hawai`i State Bar Association, Special Supplement (October 2006)
• Co-Author, When is an Innovation in Order?: Justice Ruth Ginsberg and Stare Decisis. University of Hawai`i Law Review, Ginsberg Symposium Volume (Spring 1998)
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Implications for Corporate Recordkeeping, presentation for the American Record Management Association, Hawai`i Chapter (November 2003) and National Association of Procurerent Management, Hawaii Chapter (October 2005)

Education

• University of Hawai`i, William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, HI (J.D. cum laude, 1999)
  • University of Hawai`i Law Review (1997-1999), Co-comments Editor (1998-1999)
  • Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team Member (1998-1999) Pacific Regional Champions and selected as "Best Oralist in Final Round"
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Highest Grade in Real Property II (Fall 1997) and Legal Method Seminar (Fall 1996)
  • Best Oral Advocate in Section, Appellate Advocacy (Spring 1997)
• University of Hawai`i (B.A. magna cum laude and with academic distinction, 1994)

Past Positions

• United States Department of Justice, Environmental Torts Branch, Civil Division
  • Attorney (2000-2003)
• The Honorable Simeon R. Acoba, Associate Justice, Hawai`i Supreme Court and Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • Law clerk (1999-2000)

Born

• Hong Kong

Languages Spoken other than English

• Taiwanese (conversational)
• Mandarin Chinese (conversational)