Yale University (B.A. History, 1967)

University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall, J.D. 1972)

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America .possessing the highest ("AV") rating by Martindale Hubbell, and chosen as a national Superlawyer in Insurance Coverage Litigation, Alan's practice concentrates in civil litigation, with an emphasis on insurance law and litigation, representing primarily policyholders in insurance coverage and bad faith cases.   He also represents plaintiffs in personal injury work (he is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum) and litigates commercial torts on behalf of both plaintiffs and defense.

• Alan regularly represents individual and commercial policyholders, has also represented the State of Hawaii, and has recovered many millions of dollars for his clients, both in insurance coverage and in bad faith cases.

• Alan has written and spoken extensively on insurance law and litigation. In 1993 and 1994, at the Law School's request, he was Adjunct Professor (Advanced Torts/Insurance Law) at the University of Hawaii's School of Law. He frequently speaks, writes and teaches on the subject of Hawaii Insurance Law; he has co-written the materials for, and been a panel presenter on, more than thirty (40) insurance coverage and bad faith seminars just since 1997.  Attendees at the seminars are other attorneys and insurance professionals.  Because his teachings contribute significantly to establishing the standard of practice of insurance claims handling in the State  of  Hawaii, he serves as  an expert witness on that standard for  both insureds and insurers. 

• Alan co-founded the Insurance Coverage Litigation Section of the HSBA in 2006, was its first chairperson, and is currently its chair emeritus.  He is a Vice-Chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee (ICLC) of the Tort & Insurance Practice Section of the ABA and was Program Chair for ICLC’s Annual Meeting in February, 2009.   

• Alan also serves his profession.  He is a past President of the Hawaii State Bar Association.  He was the Hawaii State Representative to the American Bar Association House of Delegates for  nine years, where he was a member of that body's Nominating Committee.  He recently completed a 3-year term serving as  one of the 15 members, nationally, of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, which evaluates proposed federal court nominees for the White House.