Legal Education Department

Kopiko Building, Room 201 phone808.734.9103 emaillegaled@hawaii.edu

Advisory Committee

Paul A. Tomar, Esq., Chairperson
Ashford & Wriston, LLP
Practicing Attorney

Susan D. Alden, RP
Past President, Hawaii Paralegal Association
Real Property/Corporate Paralegal
Carlsmith Ball LLP
Corporate/Real Estate Paralegal

Kris Barry, Paralegal
Independent Paralegal


Lou Carnazzo, Court Reporter
Carnazzo Court Reporting Co., Ltd.
Court Reporter

David Hayakawa

Law Offices of Howard Luke

Practicing Attorney

Kevin W. Herring, Esq.
Ashford & Wriston, LLP
Practicing Attorney

James Hershey, Esq.

Fukunaga Matayoshi Hershey & Ching

Practicing Attorney

Lenora Lee, Paralegal
UH Elder Law Program
Richardson School of Law
Public Sector Paralegal

Kathleen McRae, PLS, PACE-RP
Law Offices of Charles Brower
Private Sector Paralegal

Kathey Mehle, Paralegal
Law Offices of Ian Mattoch
Private Sector Paralegal

Rodney Nagasako, Paralegal
Private Sector Paralegal

Joyce Neeley, Esq.
Neeley & Anderson, LLP
Practicing Attorney

James Pietsch, Esq.
UH Elder Law Program
Richardson School of Law
Practicing Attorney/Professor of Law

Barbara Ritchie, Paralegal
Private Sector Paralegal

Carolann Rowe, Paralegal
Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i
Public Sector Paralegal

Malia Taum, Esq.
Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i
Managing Attorney

B. J. Wade, Paralegal
Law Offices of John Schmidtke, Jr.
Private Sector Paralegal

Sarah Wang, Esq.
Marr Hipp Jones & Wang, LLLP
Practicing Attorney

Robert Whiting, Ph.D.
Head of School
Holy Nativity School
General Public Representative

Suzanne Zablan

Student member