Attorneys

Paul F. Cronin
Honolulu, Hawaii

Founder
phone	(808) 524-1433
fax	(808) 536-2073
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Paul F. Cronin is one of the founders of the firm, and has practiced for over forty years. He is recognized as an outstanding trial lawyer. Mr. Cronin was a naval officer and diver and is one of the leading admiralty lawyers in the country. He also has particular expertise in maritime and products liability cases. He has served on the faculty at the Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy and has been Hawaii's representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. Many years ago, Mr. Cronin was instrumental in initiating the firm's now frequent involvement in cases across the country and around the world, particularly in aviation, admiralty and products liability cases. He has been an officer in both the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Hawaii Trial Lawyers Association.

Areas of Practice:: Admiralty; Maritime Law; Aviation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability

Bar Admissions:: Hawaii, 1962; Alaska, 1987; Montana, 1989; U.S. District Court District of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1978; U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1962; U.S. Supreme Court, 1976

Education:: Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1962
LL.B.; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1955
B.S.

Representative Cases:: Washington Insurance Guaranty Association v. Ramsey, 922 P.2d 237 (Alaska 1996); Forbes v. Hawaiian Tug & Barge Corp., 125 F.R.D. 505 (D. Hawaii 1989); Ward v. American Hawaii Cruises, Inc., 719 F.Supp. 915 (D. Hawaii 1988); Chuska Energy Co. v. Superior Oil Co., 658 F.Supp. 867 (S.D. Tex. 1987); Allen v. U.S., 1976 A.C.M. 2571 (E.D. La. 1986); Sakuda v. Kyodoguimi Co. Ltd., 555 F.Supp. 371 (C.D. Hawaii 1983); In re Pago Pago Air Crash of January 30, 1974, 419 F.Supp. 1158 (C.D. Cal. 1976); In re Pago Pago Air Crash of January 30, 1974, 525 F. Supp. 1007 (C.D. Cal. 1981); Takahashi v. Loomis Armored Car Service, 625 F.2d 314 (Ninth Cir. 1980); Barron v. U.S., 473 F.Supp. 1077 (Hawaii 1979); Barron v. U.S., 654 F.2d 644 (Ninth Cir. 1981); Vollert v. Summa Corp., 389 F.Supp. 1348 (D. Hawaii 1975); AVEMCO Ins. Co. v. Chung, 388 F. Supp. 142 (D. Hawaii 1975); Saint Paul Marine Transp. Corp. v. Cerro Sales Corp., 313 F. Supp. 277 (D. Hawaii 1970); Saint Paul Marine Transp. Corp. v. Cerro Sales Corp., 332 F.Supp. 233 (D. Hawaii 1971); Saint Paul Marine Transp. Corp. v. Cerro Sales Corp., 505 F. 2d 1115 (Ninth Cir. 1974); Heath v. Matson Nav. Co., 333 F. Supp. 131 (D. Hawaii 1971); Heath v. Matson Nav. Co., 505 F.2d 1115 (Ninth Cir. 1974); Williard v. City and County of Honolulu, 323 F.Supp. 666 (D. Hawaii 1971)

Honors and Awards:: Lifetime Achievement Award by Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Hawaii State Bar Association; Alaska Bar Association; Federal Bar Association, 1986 - Present; Chairman, Admiralty Rules Committee; American Bar Association; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Association for Justice, 1975 - 1976; Hawaii Governor; Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs' Attorneys; American College of Trial Lawyers

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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