PROTECTING THE LEGAL INTERESTS OF INJURED HAWAII RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SINCE 1973
Gerald Y. Sekiya
- Founding Member
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Practice Areas
- Automobile
- Aviation
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Toxic Torts
Biography
Gerald Y. Sekiya is one of the founders of the firm and has practiced law for forty years. Mr. Sekiya obtained an engineering degree from the University of Illinois where he was a member of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. He graduated from Hastings College of Law at the University of California where he was an editor of the Law Review and a member of the prestigious Order of the Coif. He served as a law clerk to Federal District Judges Robert Peckham and Oliver Carter in San Francisco and was a grader for the California Bar Exam. He has an outstanding reputation as a trial lawyer in cases involving defective products. Mr. Sekiya has been listed in a number of prestigious directories, including Who's Who in American Law and the Best Lawyers in America. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has been a past president of the Hawaii Trial Lawyers' Association, past president of the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii, and is president of the Hawaii Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. - 1968
- Honors: Member, Order of the Coif
- University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
- B.S. - 1965
- Honors: Tau Beta Pi
Bar Admissions
- Hawaii, 1968
- California, 1969
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1969
Professional Associations
- Hawaii State Bar Association, Member, Executive Board, 1980 to 1981
- Hawaii State Bar Association, Member, Executive Board, 1985 to 1986
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of California
- American Association for Justice, State Delegate, 1984 to 1985
- American Board of Trial Advocates, President, 1994
- Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii
- Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs' Attorneys, President, 1985
- Hawaii Trial Lawyers' Association, Past President
- Past President, Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii
- Hawaii Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, President
Representative Cases
- Ono v. Applegate, 62 Haw. 131, 612 P.2d 533, 1980
- Fujioka v. Kam, 55 Haw. 7, 514 P.2d 568, 1973
- Brinkerhoff v. Amfac, Inc., 485 F.2d 1389, 1973, Ninth Cir.
- Northern Acceptance Trust 1065 v. Amfac, Inc., 59 F.R.D. 116, 1973, D. Hawaii
Honors
- Who's Who in American Law
- Best Lawyers in America
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Past Positions
- Federal District Judges Robert Peckham and Oliver Carter in San Francisco, Law Clerk
- California Bar Exam, Grader