Attorneys

Attorney since 1978 and mediator and arbitrator since 1985 appointed by the courts, parties, their attorneys and dispute resolution organizations in over 1,000 cases involving insurance, accidents, products, business and commercial matters, construction, employment, real estate and professional negligence (legal, medical, real estate, construction and other professions)

Teacher at seminars and training programs in Hawaii, the mainland and other countries in arbitration, mediation, civil trial practice, insurance law, personal injury law and other subjects for the American Bar Association ’s Section on Dispute Resolution, the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education program, the American Arbitration Association, the Inter-pacific Bar Association, private seminar companies and others

Teacher of Alternative Dispute Resolution, and previously of Business Law, at Hawaii Pacific University

Selected as one of the best lawyers in America and Super Lawyer in Alternative Disput Resolution; AV rated, Martindale Hubbell; Lawyer as Problem Solver Award, Mediation Center of the Pacific

Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators

Co-Chair, Hawaii State Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section

Lead Committee Member, United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Mediation program

Committee Member, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Hawaii Mediation program

Co-Chair, Annual Bench Bar Conference of the Hawaii State Bar Association, Judicial Administration Committee

Director, Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii

Member, American Bar Association Sections of Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Torts and Insurance practice; Hawaii State Bar Association Sections of Alternative Dispute Resolution and International Law; American Trial Lawyers Association; American Arbitration Association; Association for Conflict Resolution

Co-founder, Director and president of the International Law Foundation, a non-profit corporation active in professional and educational exchanges among legal and dispute resolution professionals of Hawaii, Vietnam and other countries and states

Languages: English and Vietnamese

Sue concentrates her practice in the areas of personal injury, insurance and civil litigation.

Sue was admitted to the Hawaii Bar in 1995 after graduating from Empire State College at the University of New York and receiving her law degree from the University of Hawaii in 1995. Sue is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association and the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii.

  • Wrongful death
  • Serious injuries
  • Motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle
  • Product liability
  • Medical malpractice
  • Defective design or construction

Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, Hawaii. J.D., 1995. Empire State College, SUNY, New York, New York. B.S. Finance, 1991.

Foreign language: Vietnamese.