Admitted to Practice

• Hawai`i
• U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai`i

Affiliations

• Hawaii State Bar Association
• Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity

Awards and Recognition

• CALI Excellence for the Future Award:
  • Business Associations
  • Constitutional Law I
  • Federal Courts
  • Second Year Seminar

Education

• William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, HI (J.D. magna cum laude, 2009)
  • Member of the Hawai`i Innocence Project (2007-2009)
• University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (B.A. 2005)

Past Positions

• Chief Judge Craig H. Nakamura, Hawai`i Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • Law Clerk
• Chief Judge David A. Ezra, U.S. District Court, District of Hawai`i
  • Law Intern
• Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba, Jr., Supreme Court of Hawai`i
  • Law Extern
• Judge Michael Broderick, Special Court of the First Judicial Court
  • Law Intern

Publications

• "Habeas Corpus, Equitable Tolling, and AEDPA's Statute of Limitations: Why the Schlup v. Delo Gateway Standard for Claims of Actual Innocence Fails to Alleviate the Plight of Wrongfully Convicted Americans." 31 U.HAW.L.REV. 225 (2008)