Wayne K. Kekina joined the firm in 1975 and has been practicing tort law for nearly forty years. He was previously a partner in a leading Honolulu insurance defense law firm. Mr. Kekina excels in the trial of a variety of tort cases involving defective products, medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents and industrial accidents. Mr. Kekina has participated significantly in the successful prosecution of tort cases ranging from: the fire at the Chevron refinery and storage tanks in Oahu; to the Subaru telescope fire at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii; to several industrial electrocution and equipment crush cases on Kauai, Oahu, and Maui; to the three H-3 freeway structure collapses on Oahu, Hawaii; and several catastrophic helicopter and truck collision cases on Hawaii, Maui, Oahu and Kauai. Mr. Kekina was a Captain in the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam as a Congressional Inquiry Investigator.
Areas of Practice
- Automobile
- Aviation
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
Bar Admissions
- Hawaii, 1969
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1970
- U.S. Court of International Trade, 1977
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
- U.S. Tax Court, 1977
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. - 1967
- University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- B.S. - 1964
Representative Cases
- Ikene v. Maruo, 54 Haw. 548, 511 P.2d 1087, 1973
- Quin v. Wilshire Ins. Co., 53 Haw. 19, 496 P.2d 59, 1971
- Corden v. Paschoal's Limited, 52 Haw. 242, 473 P.2d 561, 1970
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Hawaii State Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- American Association for Justice
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii
- Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs' Attorneys
- Native Hawaiian Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
- U.S. Army, Captain
- Honolulu Insurance Defense Law Firm, Partner
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Beta Gamma Sigma