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- Commercial/Business
- Condo/AOAO
- Construction/Design
- Contracts
- Employment/Labor
- Energy/Environment
- Estates/Probate/Trusts
- Family/Matrimonial
- General Civil
- Healthcare
- Injury/Torts
- Insurance/Personal
- Intellectual Property
- Partnership/Corporate Law
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Public Policy
- Real Property
- Securities
- Injury/Torts;
- Trusts & Estates;
- Employment/Labor;
- Insurance, coverage and defense;
- Professional Malpractice, Defense of;
- Real Property; and
- Commercial/Business.
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JAMES KAWASHIMA, ESQ.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Banking/Finance/Foreclosure , Commercial/Business , Condo/AOAO , Construction/Design , Employment/Labor , Energy/Environment , Estates/Probate/Trusts , General Civil , Injury/Torts , Insurance/Personal , Intellectual Property , Partnership/Corporate Law , Real Property , SecuritiesPANEL LOCATION
All neutrals on the DPR Panel are willing to travel to the neighbor islands and the mainland. If you have any questions, please contact DPR at (808) 523-1234
My name is James Kawashima and I have been practicing law in the State of Hawaii since 1972. I received a BA degree from Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon in 1964 and after a 4-year stint as an officer in the U.S. Navy attended and received a J.D. degree from the National Law Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. in 1972.
My career in the law has been devoted to being a part of several law firms, three among them being Watanabe Ing & Kawashima, Kobayashi Watanabe Sugita & Kawashima, and Kawashima Lorusso, LLP and my entire practice has been devoted to the civil practice of law, almost exclusively trying jury cases. During my 44+ years of practice, I have tried over 50 cases to jury verdict as lead counsel.
The areas of law in which I have practiced extensively and in which I feel qualified to mediate and arbitrate cases include:
I am an active member of the following “by invitation only” national trial honoraries, including:
I served an Adjunct Professor of Law from 1988 to 1994 at the William Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, teaching trial-related courses and served from 1997 to 2003 an HSBA-elected member of the State Judicial Selection Commission.
Over the years, I have served on numerous cases as a mediator and arbitrator, including cases involving catastrophic injuries, professional (medical, legal and real estate) malpractice, Trust & Estates and commercial and business disputes.
I look forward to serving parties in the most difficult of disputes facing them and bringing these disputes to successful and amicable resolutions.