LOCAL ROOTS
• Born and raised in Kalihi
• Class of 1966 Farrington High School
• Third Generation (Sansei)
WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH SCHOOL
• Started work in middle school
• Jobs: pineapple harvester, forklift operator, concrete laborer, custodian, night clerk,
hospital aide, legal intern
• Bachelor's Degree, Political Science, U.H., 1969
• Juris Doctor, Temple School of Law, Philadelphia, PA, 1976 CAREER DEVOTED TO HELPING OTHERS
• Deputy Public Defender, Big Island, 1976-78
• Chief Defender, Big Island, 1978-1980
• Career Criminal Prosecutor, County of Hawaii, 1981-1982
• First Deputy Prosecutor, County of Hawaii, 1980-81
• Civil Trial Lawyer: Galiher & Jervis; Takahashi, Masui, Vasconcellos, 1982-2006
• American Trial Lawyers' Association
• Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii
• Board of Managers, Kalihi YMCA, 1984-present
• People's Fund, Board Member; President, 2006 |
