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Biography
As a partner in Goodsill’s litigation group, Ed concentrates his practice in the areas of insurance (coverage/bad faith defense), commercial litigation, financial services and lender liability litigation, real estate and title insurance, public contracts, construction litigation, professional malpractice defense, trust and estate litigation, and product liability.
Education
- Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- J.D. - 1992
- University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii
- B.A. - 1989
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
- Honors: Highest Honors
- Major: Political Science, European History
Bar Admissions
- Hawaii, 1992
- U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Professional Associations
- USLaw Firm Association
- Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Chair, Kapiolani Community College, Paralegal Program Advisory Board
- Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
- Board of Directors, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Hawaii Chapter
- Member, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- USLaw Network
- Defense Research Institute
Practice Areas:
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
- Professional Liability
- Products Liability
- Real Estate and Construction Litigation
- Trust and Estate Litigation and Controversy
- Financial Services & Banking Litigation
- Class Action Litigation
Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2023
- Chambers USA, 2017
- Super Lawyers, 2023
- Fellow, American College of Coverage Counsel
- Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Member, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Insurance
- The Best Lawyers in America, Insurance Law
- The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation
- The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation- Construction
- The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Labor & Employment
- The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Real Estate
- The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Trust & Estates
- The Best Lawyers in America, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action -- Defendants