Cynthia K Wong

International Academy of Trial Lawyers             International Society of Barristers

 
l Background
l Fellowships
l Honors
l Trial Bar Activities
l Publications
l Reported Cases

 

BackgrounD
  • B.A.:U.C.L.A. (1960)
  • LL.B.:Loyola University of Los Angeles (1965)
  • Bailiff:Hon. Albert Lee Stephens, Jr., USDC, Central, Cal. (1964, 1965)
  • Admitted to Hawaii Bar 1966, Colorado Bar (1996)
  • United States Supreme Court (1982)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1967)
  • United States District Court, District of Hawaii (1966)
  • United States Tax Court (1974)

 

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  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
  • International Society of Barristers, Fellow
  • Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  • American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, Diplomat
  • American Board of Forensic Examiners
  • Thomas F. Lambert Chair Fund, Gold Trustee
  • Melvin M. Belli Society, Trustee (Bd. Govs. 1985, 1984)
  • National Board of Trial Advocacy, (Co-Founder 1978, Instructor)
  • Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs' Attorneys (Co-Founder)
  • President, Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1994; Bd. Directors 1996-1992)
  • President, Maui County Bar Association (1975)
  • Special Counsel to Maui County (1974)
  • Hawaii State Committee on Lawyer Professionalism (1994, 1989; 1988)
  • U.S. District Court Hawaii Conference, Delegate (1996-1994; 1989)
  • Hawaii Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, Civil (1993-1992)
  • Hawaii Judicial Conference, Delegate (1989-1986)
  • Hawaii Court Annexed Arbitration Committee
  • Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
  • International Police Congress, Special Agent
  • Institute for Injury Reduction, Sustaining Member (1993-1989)
  • American College of Legal Medicine
  • American Society of Hospital Attorneys
  • Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), United Kingdom
  • Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association (APLA)
  • The Pittsburgh Institute of Legal Medicine
  • California Trial Lawyers Association
  • Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association
  • NITA Advocates Association, Instructor
  • Speaker: ATLA, CalTLA, HawTLA, NevTLA, WashTLA and WesternTLA Conventions
  • Hawaii, Federal and Maui County Bar Associations

 

 

 
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  • Trial Lawyer of the Year 1994, Hawaii Trial Lawyers Association
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Naifeh and Smith (Woodward-White; all eds.)
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Part II, Johns (Town & Country, June 1985)
  • Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell
  • "Who's Who in American Law"
  • "Who's Who in the World"
  • "Who's Who in America"
  • Man of the Year 1991, American Biographical Institute, USA
  • 12 Men of Achievement 1988, International Register of Profiles (1992 ed.)

 

 

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bullet CONSUMER LAWYERS OF HAWAII
bullet President 1996, 1995
bullet Board of Governors 1993 - Lifetime
bullet WESTERN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
bullet President 1979, 1978
bullet Vice President 1978, 1977
bullet Board of Governors 1982 - Lifetime
bullet ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF AMERICA
bullet Board of Governors 1982-1976
bullet Co-Chair, National Midwinter Convention 1991
bullet Chair, National Midwinter Convention 1988
bullet Consumers and Survivors Coalition Committee 1993, 1992
bullet National Public Relations Committee 1993, 1989
bullet Vice Chair, Educational Policy Board 1984, 1983
bullet Vice Chair, Publications Department 1983, 1982
bullet National Executive Committee 1982, 1981
bullet Federal Legislative Liaison Committee 1981, 1980
bullet Professional Research and Development 1981, 1980
bullet Amicus Curiae Committee 1980, 1979
bullet Constitutional Review Committee 1978, 1979
bullet State Committeeman 1976, 1975
bullet AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
bullet Litigation Section, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Subcommittee 1994-1992 Committee on Medicine and Law, National Vice Chairman, Section on Tort and Insurance Practice 1981-1977
bullet Committee on Trial Techniques 1976-1974

 

 

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  • Hawaii Motor Vehicle Collision Manual, 1994 rev. (Krueger & Wong, eds. Haw. Inst. CLE)
  • Hawaii Motor Vehicle Collision Manual (Wong ed. Haw. Inst. CLE 1990) "Plaintiff Theories of Liability" [Chapter 3, pp. 3-1 to 3-12]
  • Hospital Law (Carmi ed. Springer-Verlag 1988) "Overview of American Law of Informed Consent: Physician's Duty to Disclose", First International Congress of Hospital Law, Procedures and Ethics, Tel Aviv, Israel, pp. 101-116
  • Warshaw, The Trial Masters (Prentice-Hall 1984) [Chapter 10, pp. 529-534]
  • 3 Belli Society International Law Journal, No. 1, 1984, "The Italian Legal System," pp. 105-115
  • 4 Trial Diplomacy Journal, No. 3, 1981,"Informed Consent by Videotape," pp. 40-54
  • 17 Trial, No. 8, 1981, "Jury Selection and Jury Instructions," pp. 21-25

 


 

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  • Albert v. Dietz, 282 F.Supp. 854 (D.Haw. 1968)
  • Barretto v. Akau, 51 Haw. 383, 461, 463 P.2d 917 (1969)
  • State v. Green, 51 Haw. 260, 457 P.2d 505 (1969)
  • Alexander v. Lash, 311 F.Supp. 524 (D.Haw. 1970)
  • Demond v. University of Hawaii, 54 Haw. 98, 503 P.2d 434 (1972)
  • Abreu v. Raymond, 56 Haw. 613, 546 P.2d 1013 (1976)
  • Haworth v. State, 60 Haw. 557, 592 P.2d 820 (1979)
  • Calibuso Estate v. Pacific Ins. Co., Ltd., 62 Haw. 424, 616 P.2d 1357 (1980)
  • Disher v. Kaniho, 2 Haw. App. 344, 631 P.2d 1209 (1981)
  • Horst v. Horst, 1 Haw. App. 617, 623 P.2d 1265 (1981)
  • Kaneko v. Hilo Coast Processing, 65 Haw. 447, 654 P.2d 343 (1982)
  • Haworth v. State, 3 Haw. App. 281, 650 P.2d 585 (1982)
  • Gouveia v. Napili-Kai, Ltd., 65 Haw. 189, 649 P.2d 1119 (1982)
  • Munoz v. Yuen, 66 Haw, 603, 670 P.2d 825 (1983)
  • Bidar v. Amfac, Inc., 66 Haw. 547, 669 P.2d 154 (1983)
  • DeMello v. Home Escrow, Inc., 4 Haw. App. 41, 659 P. 2d 759 (1983)
  • Murakami v. Maui County, 6 Haw. App. 516, 730 P.2d 342 (1986)
  • Parker v. Nakaoka, 68 Haw. 557, 722 P.2d 1028 (1986)
  • Lui v. Intercontinental Hotel Corp., 634 F.Supp. 684 (D.Haw. 1986)
  • Moorcroft v. First Ins. Co. of Hawaii, Ltd., 68 Haw. 501, 720 P.2d 178 (1986)
  • Kole v. Amfac, Inc., 665 F.Supp. 1460 (D.Haw. 1987)
  • Murakami v. Maui County, 69 Haw. 43, 731 P.2d 787 (1987)
  • Kole v. Amfac, Inc., 69 Haw. 530, 750 P.2d 929 (1988)
  • National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh Pa. v. Olson, 69 Haw. 559, 751 P.2d 666 (1988)
  • Kendall v. American Hawaii Cruses, 704 F.Supp. 1010 (D.Haw. 1989)
  • Burt v. Maui Architectural Group, Inc., 71 Haw. 650 (1990)
  • Sharples v. State, 71 Haw. 404, 793 P.2d 175 (1990)
  • Estate of Coates v. Pacific Engineering, 71 Haw. 358, 791 P.2d 1257 (1990)
  • Whittington v. State, 72 Haw. 77, 806 P.2d 957 (1991)
  • Chase v. Association of Apartment owners, 72 Haw. 604, 822 P.2d 958 (1991)
  • Heiser v. Association of Apartment Owners of Polo Beach Club, 848 F. Supp. 1482 (D.Haw. 1993)
  • AIG v. Bateman, et al, Vicente v. Corpuz, 82 Haw. 453, 923 P.2d 395 (1996)
  • Russell v. ATTCO, Inc., 82 Haw. 461, 923 P.2d 403 (1996)
  • Hays v. City and County of Honolulu, 81 Haw. 391, 917 P.2d 718 (1996)
  • Deer Creek Ranch v. Callahan, 81 Haw. 38, 911 P.2d 1110 (1996)
  • Ventura v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., 85 Haw. 231, 941 P.2d 930 (1997)
  • Kutsch v. County of Maui, 87 Haw. 34, 950 P. 2d 1234 (1998)
  • Rygg v. County of Maui, 98 F. Supp. 2d 1129 (D.Haw. 1999)
  • Rygg v. County of Maui, 122 F. Supp. 2d 1140 (D.Haw. 2000)