Notable Cases

Business Law

• Morales v. Wailuku Tire Center, LLC (Working with co-counsel in California, we were successful in removing a California employment lawsuit against a local Hawaii business from state to federal court and dismissed for lack of California jurisdiction)(2008)
• Pacific Helicopter Tours, Inc., v. Coulson Aircrane, Ltd. (Successful settlement obtained in complex aviation litigation in U.S. federal court in Hawaii and Vancouver, Canada)(2008)
• Hawaii Tourism Authority v. Pacific Motivation Advisers, John Hendrickson, et alia (HI. 2003) U.S. District Court District of Hawai'i (Maui businessman wins cybersquatting and trademark infringement by a "public instrumentality" of the State of Hawaii  and secures ownership over HawaiiConventionCenter.Com)
• Fujimoto v. Au, 95 Hawai'i 116, 19 P.3d 699 (2001) (Hawaii families, putative investors in limited partnerships, with direct and derivative claims, win decision that "innocent" general partners are liable to them for the criminal conduct of other general partners)

Family Law/Divorces

• Onaka v. Onaka, 112 Haw. 374; 146 P.3d 89 (Hawaii Supreme Court affirms all 24 Family Court Orders appealed from concerning the division of property and debts)
• Savage v. Savage (HI. 2002) (husband wins custody over his two sons who live in Hawaii and Oregon)
• Onaka v. Onaka (Utah, 2002) (husband wins reversal of federal bankruptcy discharge obtained by his ex-wife)
• Onaka v. Onaka (HI. 2001) (husband wins all of his Hawaii and Las Vegas business assets in divorce case, and wife must pay his legal fees)