Biography

As a partner in Goodsill’s litigation group, Ed focuses his practice in the areas of insurance (coverage and defense), retail litigation, title insurance, public contracts, construction litigation, professional malpractice defense and first amendment law.

Ed also has extensive experience in bad faith litigation, appellate litigation and products liability.

OUTSIDE THE OFFICE

Ed teaches business law at Hawai‘i Pacific University, where he serves as an adjunct member of the faculty.

Ed loves to golf and has a goal of breaking 80 before the end of the decade. So here’s an old proverb that might help him: work on the short game.

Education

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- J.D. - 1992
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii
- B.A. - 1989
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
- Honors: Highest Honors

Bar Admissions

Hawaii, 1992
U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1992
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Professional Associations

Hawaii State Bar Association
USLaw Firm Association
Hawaii Pacific University, Adjunct Professor
Litigation Counsel of America, Adjunct Professor
National Retail Lawyers Association
Pearl City Community Association, Director
Pearl City Foundation, Director
Director, Pearl City Community Association
Adjunct Professor, Hawaii Pacific University

Practice Areas:

Appellate Practice
Insurance Litigation And Coverage
Professional Liability
Products Liability
Real Estate and Construction Litigation
Trust and Estate Litigation and Controversy

Honors

Phi Kappa Phi
The Best Lawyers in America, 2020
Chambers USA, 2017
Super Lawyers, 2019