_Admitted

• Hawaii, 2004
• U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 2004
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2005

Education

• William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, J.D., 2004
  
  • Environmental Law Program Certificate
  • magna cum laude
• Cornell University, B.S., Civil/Environmental Engineering, 2000

Languages

• Spanish
• Japanese

Associations and memberships

• Hawaii State Bar Association
  
  • Natural Resources Section
    
    • Chair, 2008
    • Vice-Chair, 2007
    • Program Chair, 2006

Biography
Recipient: George C. Munro Award in Environmental Law; Best Oralist Award in Appellate Advocacy; CALI Awards in: Water Resource Control, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Law, Appellate Advocacy. Legal Method Seminar. Member, Editorial Board, University of Hawaii Law Review, 2003 - 2004. Former Summer Associate, Health and Human Services Division, State Department of the Attorney General. Extern Law Clerk to Hon. David A. Ezra, Hawaii Federal District Court. Clerked for Hon. Joel E. August, Circuit Court, Second Circuit, Wailuku, Maui. Former Deputy Corporation Counsel, City and County of Honolulu.

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