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Geoffrey K. S. Komeya - Honolulu, HI

841 Bishop StreetSuite 501 Honolulu, HI 96813 - 3962

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Updated: 01/10/2024

Honolulu Appeals Lawyer

Overview

Geoffrey K.S. Komeya has been a lawyer for thirty years and joined the firm in 1996. He received his law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review, a member of the National Environmental Moot Court Team, received several American Jurisprudence Awards for excellence in Tort Law, Insurance Law, Negotiation, Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Advocacy, and Federal Taxation, and co-authored a law review article on Tort law in Hawaii published in 1992. After graduating from law school, Mr. Komeya served as a law clerk to Federal District Judge Samuel P. King of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii for one year, and to Chief Justice Ronald T.Y. Moon of the Supreme Court of Hawaii for two years. Mr. Komeya has participated in the successful prosecution of the firm's largest cases and his practice often focuses on difficult and/or complex cases in the medical malpractice, products liability, personal injury, motor vehicle, toxic/environmental, insurance, consumer fraud/unfair and deceptive trade practices, construction/industrial, appeals, and aviation areas. Mr. Komeya is also a member of the Supreme Court of Hawaii's Standing Committee on the Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure. Mr. Komeya has been named to the Best Lawyers in Hawai`i in the fields of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Products Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Plaintiffs, and has received the highest peer and client ratings of "AV" from the Martindale-Hubbell Attorney Rating System.

About Geoffrey K. S. Komeya

Practice Areas

  • Appeals
  • Aviation
  • Complex Litigation
  • Construction/Industrial
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Insurance
  • Mass Torts/Class Actions
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Motor Vehicle
  • Personal Injury
  • Products Liability
  • Toxic/Environmental Torts
  • Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • Hawaii, 1993
  • U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1993
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2018

Other Affiliations

  • Hawaii State Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Association for Justice
  • Hawai`i Association for Justice
  • Hawai`i Rules of Appellate Procedure Standing Committee, Supreme Court of Hawai`i
  • Task Force on Civil Justice Improvements, Supreme Court of Hawai`i

Past Positions

  • Law Clerk, Honorable Samuel P. King, Chief District Judge Emeritus, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai`i
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Ronald T. Y. Moon, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Hawai`i

Education

  • University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1993
    J.D.
    Honors: Editor-in-Chief, University of Hawaii Law Review
    Honors: Member, National Environmental Moot Court Team
  • University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1989
    M.A.
    Honors: With Honors
  • University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987
    B.A.
    Honors: With Distinction

Articles

Published Works

  • “Tort and Insurance ‘Reform’ in a Common-Law Court,” 14 U. Haw. L. Rev. 55 (1992)

Office Information

Address

841 Bishop StreetSuite 501 Honolulu, HI 96813 - 3962

Achievements

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Included on the 2024 Hawaii Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2023 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
  • 2022 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
  • 2021 Hawaii Super Lawyers list

View the profile for Geoffrey K. S. Komeya on Super Lawyers

Honors

  • Lawyer of the Year, Products Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, Best Lawyers in America
  • Best Lawyers in America (Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs)
  • Best Lawyers in America (Products Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs)
  • Best Lawyers in America (Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs)
  • Best Lawyers in America (Insurance Law)
  • Best Lawyers in America (Litigation – Insurance)
  • Best Lawyers in America (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs)
  • Martindale-Hubbell Attorney Peer Ratings (Highest Rating (“AV”))
  • Super Lawyers
  • American Jurisprudence Awards

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