Geoffrey Hamilton - Honolulu, HI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker - ABA Family Law Section Annual Meeting, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2006
  
• Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education and Pacific Law Institute, Lecturer and Panelist, 1977 - 1998
  
• Law for the Non-Lawyer, University of Hawaii, 1978 - Present

Published Works

Articles

• Editor, Child Custody Section, Hawaii Divorce Manual
  
• "Relocation Issues", (Co-Author), ABA Family Law Compendium, 2006
  
• "Why is My Client Nuts?...An Inquiry into The Psychodynamics of Divorce", (Co-Author), ABA Family Law Compendium, 1989
  
• "Why is My Client Nuts?...An Inquiry into The Psychodynamics of Divorce", (Co-Author), ABA Family Law Compendium, 1993
  
• "How to be Effective with Your Divorce Clients", ABA Family Law Compendium, 1997
  
• "How to Survive Divorce", ABA Family Advocate, 1990
• "Divorce: The Emotional Rollercoaster", ABA Family Advocate, Winter, 1990
• "Why is My Clients Nuts?".. Dealing with Different Divorce Client, II Hawaii Bar Journal, No: 13, 1998
• "The Nuttiness of Divorce", ABA Family Advocate, Vol. 22 No. 1.

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii, 1970
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1970

Other Affiliations

• Family Court of the First Circuit of Hawaii, 1988 - Present (Appointed Master Special)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1981 - Present (Fellow)
• Hawaii State Bar Association, 1970 - Present (Member)
• Family Law Section, Hawaii State Bar Association, 1988 - Present (Chairperson (1990-92 and 1996))
• State of Hawaii Criminal Injuries Compensation Committee , 1986 - 1991 (Chairperson)
• Hawaii Defense Lawyers Association, Secretary, 1987
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1992 - 1994 (Board Member, Hawaii Lawyers Care)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1992 - Present (Certified Arbitrator)
• Hawaii Supreme Court Committee on Divorce Proceedings, 2000 - 2001 (Member)
• Family Law Section, Special Guardian Ad Litem Committee (Co-Chair (1994-1995, 2000))
• Family Law Section, Hawaii State Bar Association, 1990 - Present (Member of Board of Directors)
• Hawaii Defense Lawyers Association , 1985 - 1989 (Secretary/Director)
• Village Maluhia Condominium Association, 1981 - 1982 (President)
• Honolulu Chapter of American Cancer Society, 1985 - 1987 (Board Member)
• Hawaii International Child Placement and Family Services, Inc., 1978 - 1990 (Board Member and Officer)
• Kaneohe Neighborhood Board (Past Member)