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David L Fairbanks 
Honolulu, Hawaii
Partner
phone (808) 524-1433
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David L. Fairbanks has practiced law for over thirty years, was previously a partner with another major Honolulu law firm, and joined the firm in 1985. Mr. Fairbanks has been a member of the Hawaii Federal Judicial Selection Commission, a member of the Merit Selection Panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, a member of the Judicial Selection Commission for the State of Hawaii, a board member of Hawaii Lawyers Care, and a trustee of the Client's Security Trust Fund of the Hawaii Supreme Court. He has been a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference for Hawaii and a commissioner for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. He is a hearings officer for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel and served as chairman of the Local Rules Committee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Mr. Fairbanks obtained his law degree from Santa Clara University where he was an editor of the Law Review. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Year Joined Organization:
1985
Areas of Practice:
Automobile
Aviation
Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Products Liability
Toxic Torts
Bar Admissions:
Hawaii, 1968
U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1968
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1968
U.S. Supreme Court, 1987
Education:
Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California, 1968
J.D.
Law Review: Santa Clara University School of Law, Editor


Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1962
A.B.


Published Works:
Case Note Santa Clara Lawyer, 1967


Representative Cases:
Pacific Insurance Company, Limited v. Oregon Automobile Insurance Company, 53 Haw. 208, 490 P. 2d 899 (1971)
In the Mattet of the Application of Hawaii Electric Light Co., Inc., 60 Haw. 625, 594 P.2d 612 (1979)
Honors and Awards:
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers


Fellow, International Society of Barristers


Recipient, Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii's First Trial Lawyer, 1994 - Present


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Hawaii State Bar Association, 1984 - Present
President


Federal Bar Association


American Bar Association


American Board of Trial Advocates


International Society of Barristers


American College of Trial Lawyers


Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii


American Inns of Court


Hawaii Federal Judicial Selection Commission
Member


U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
Member, Merit Selection Panel


State of Hawaii
Member, Judicial Selection Commission


Hawaii Lawyers Care
Board Member


Hawaii Supreme Court
Trustee, Client's Security Trust Fund


Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference for Hawaii
Lawyer Representative


Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Commissioner


The Office of Disciplinary Counsel
Hearings Officer


U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
Chairman, Local Rules Committee


American Board of Trial Advocates
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Honolulu Law Firm, Partner


Verdicts & Settlements

Confidential Xerox worker shot in workplace mass murder

Confidential Child killed when boat hits whale

Confidential Financial services executive

Confidential Insurance industry executive

$1 billion State Tobacco litigation (consortium of Hawaii and mainland law firms)

$67 million Defective asbestos building material

$63 million Repair and replacement of asbestos building material in state buildings

$27.7 million Chevron gasoline tank fire kills two workers

$20 million Unsafe agricultural chemical

$20 million Chemical contamination of drinking water

$16.5 million Childbirth Malpractice

$13 million Paralysis in rear-end collision

$13 million Defective automobile design

$13 million Construction site fire burns workers

$13 million Paralysis in head-on collision

$12 million Defective agricultural chemical

$8 million Childbirth malpractice

$8 million Hospital error resulting in brain damage

$7 million Paralysis when hit by a truck

$6.5 million Highway construction accident

$6 million Head injury in trucking accident

$5.5 million Military hospital malpractice

$4.8 million Defective diet supplement

$4.8 million Prescription pill complication

$4.3 million Emergency Room malpractice

$4.3 million Defective prescription medicine

$4 million Improper spinal injury treatment

$3.5 million Tourist hit by delivery truck

$3.5 million Family rear-ended by truck

$3.5 million Private airplane crash

$3.4 million Hotel defect accident

$3-4 million University president (settlement depends on future benefit payments)

$3 million Singapore tramway accident

$3 million Defective military ordnance

$3 million Helicopter crash in South China Sea

$3 million Executive killed on business trip

$3 million Helicopter hit by missile

$3 million Failure to properly diagnose condition

$3 million Scenic tramway accident

$2.8 million Helicopter crash

$2.7 million Defective automobile design

$2.5 million Anesthesia malpractice

$2.5 million Bicycle accident with roadway defect

$2.5 million Bicycle collision with defective trailer

$2.3 million Dangerous medical vaccine

$2.1 million Plane crashes into hotel

$2 million Saipan airplane crash

$2 million Defective industrial equipment

$2 million Oil facility fire

$2 million Forklift accident on docks

$2 million Industrial plant equipment accident

$2 million Surgical malpractice

$2 million Manila Hotel fire

$2 million Pedestrian hit in crosswalk

$2 million Tourist hit by semi-truck

$2 million Collision of two trucks

$2 million Accident caused by racer

$2 million Seaplane crash

$1.8 million Long shore worker accident

$1.8 million Electrical malfunction

$1.7 million Decompression chamber incident

$1.5 million Massachusetts car accident

$1.4 million Scuba accident

$1.4 million Japanese citizen hit by crashing plane

$1.3 million Helicopter crash

$1.3 million Helicopter mechanical failure

$1.3 million Defective construction equipment

$1.3 million Sports equipment malfunction

$1.2 million Police helicopter crash

$1.2 million Defective sports equipment

$1.1 million Northern Marianas LPG gas fire

$1.1 million Defective vaccine

$1 million Swine Flu shot complication

$1 million Defective fireworks

$1 million Catamaran accident

$1 million Fireworks malfunction

$1 million Hot water heater accident

$850,000 Scuba diving accident

$800,000 Scuba lesson accident

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