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Kenneth R. Kupchak

  • Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert
  • 1001 Bishop Street
    1600 Pauahi Tower
  • Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
  • Email: krk@hawaiilawyer.com
  • Phone: (808) 526-3602
  • Cell:
  • Company Phone: (808) 531-8031
  • Fax: (808) 533-2242

Education

  • Undergraduate: A. B. Chemistry Cornell University, 1964
  • Graduate: B. S. Meteorology Pennsylvania State University, 1965
  • Law School: Cornell University Law School, 1971

Career History

  • C. Brewer and Co. vs. Industrial Indemnity 2013 Haw Apr Lexis 472
  • C. Brewer and Company, Inc. vs. Marine indemnity insurance Company of America et al, Sup CT Haw 8wc 28958, 27 March 2015
  • United States of America, for the use and benefit of International BusinessMachines Corp. v. Hartford   Fire Insurance Company, 112 F.Supp. 2d 1023 (2000);
  • Brewer Environmental Industries, Inc. v. A.A.T. Chemical, Inc., 73 Haw. 344 (1992)
  • Kaiser Hawaii Kai Dev. Co. v. City and County of Honolulu, 70 Haw. 480, 777 P.2d 244 (1989)
  • Sandy Beach Defense Fund v. City Council of the City and County of Honolulu, 70 Haw. 361, 773 P.2d 250 (1989)
  • Sipco v. Soong, Supreme Court No. 16872 (1993);
  • Pono v. Molokai Ranch, Ltd., 119 Haw. 164, 194 P.3d 1126 (Haw. Ct. App.l, cert. rejected, 2008 WL 5392320,2008 Haw. Appp. LEXIS 686 (Haw. 2008)
  • County of Hawaii v. C & J Coupe Family Ltd. P’ship, 120 Haw. 399, 208 P.3d 277 (2009);
  • County of Hawaii v. C& J Coupe Family Ltd. P’ship, 119 Haw. 352 198 P.3d 615 (2008);
  • Dupree v. Hiraga, 121 Haw. 297, 219 P.3d 1084 (2009)
  • DeJetley v. Kahoohalahala, 122 Haw. 251, 226 P.3d 421 (2010)
  • Underwater Devices Incorporated v. Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., 717 F.2d 1380, 219 U.S.P.Q. 569 (1983)
  • Best Lawyers in Hawaii in construction, mergers, corporate law, eminant domain, land use litigation.
  • Super Lawyers Construction law.

Professional Activities

  • Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers
  • Governing Committee, 2002-2005; Chairman, Membership Committee, 2003-2005; Chairman, MarketingCommittee, 2005-2006, Dispute Avoidance Resolution Division, Steering Committee Chair 1998-2000,ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
  • Member, International Bar Association
  • Member, Hawaii State Bar Association; Committee Chair, 1972
  • Co-author and lecturer, National Business Institute and Lorman Construction Law Seminars
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, International Business Transactions, University of Hawaii Williams S. Richardson School of Law
  • Faculty, Private Property and Government Takings, Law Seminars International, 1995, 2001
  • Panel of Arbitrators and International Training Faculty, American Arbitration Association, 1984-present
  • Member, Executive Committee, Cornell Law Association, 1990-1993
  • Faculty, Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education Annual Land Use Review re: Traditional and Customary Rights, 1997
  • Chief Minority Counsel, House of Representatives, Eighth Legislature, State of Hawaii, 1975-1976
  • Legislative Coordinator, Hawaii State Association of Counties, 1988
  • President, Hawaii Nature Center (2002-2004)
  • Trustee, Mid-Pacific Institute (1994-present, Vice Chair 2004-2011, Chair 2011-2015)

Representative Articles, Publications, Speeches and Seminars

  • Co-author, Arrow of Time: Vested Rights and Development Agreements in Hawaii, 2004 U. Haw. L. Rev.
  • Co-author, Hawaii Chapter of Fifty State Construction Lien and BondLaw, Aspen Construction Law Series (2000)
  • Co-author, Hawaii Chapter of State-By-State Guide to Architect, Engineer and ContractorLicensing, Aspen Construction Law Series (1998)
  • Hawaii coordinator for three ABA Fifty State construction law compilations:The Design Build Process: A Guide to Licensing and Procurement Requirements in the 50 States andCanada (1977), A State-By-State Guide to Construction and Design Law (1998), and PublicContracting (in printing)
  • Co-author: “Advanced Hawaii Construction Law” (1997, 1999), “Hawaii Construction Law” (1998), and “Construction Payment Remedies” (1999), National Business Institute Seminars
  • Author, “Aloha Kahauale’s”, 69 Sierra 6, pp. 52-46 (November – December 1984)
  • Author, “The Role of the Neighborhood Boards in the Development Plan Process”,The Hawaii Architect (April 1979)
  • Co-author, “The Legal Setting of Nuclear Powerplant Siting Decisions: A New York State Controversy”, 57 Cornell L. Rev. 80 (1971)

Speeches, Panel Discussions, and Seminars:

  • “Advanced Hawaii Construction Law”, National Business Institute Seminars, 1997, 1999
  • “Hawaii Construction Law”, National Business Institute Seminars, 1998
  • “Construction Payment Remedies”, National Business Institute Seminars, 1999
  • “Computer Generated Evidence”, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting, 1996
  • “Complex Issues in Mediation, Ethics and Confidentiality”, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting, 1999
  • “Dispute Resolution Clauses in Complex Multinational Joint Venture Agreements, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting, 1995
  • “AAA National Panel Issues”, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting, 1997
  • “Dispute Review Board Issues”, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting, 1998
  • “International Arbitration” and “Construction Law”, Commercial Law Affiliates Annual Meeting, 1995 – 1998
  • “Hawaiian Land Rights”, Leeward Hawaii Planning Conference, 1996
  • “Local Government”, University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law, 1996
  • “Land Use Laws”, Hawaii State Association of Counties Annual Meeting, 1991
  • “Scientific Expert Testimony”, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics on Law and Meteorology, 1983
  • “Local Government”, League of Women Voters Annual Convention, 1983
  • “Local Government and Planning” City Council Growth Management Conference, February 1980
  • “Can the Law Save the Hawaiian Landscape”, American Society of Landscape Architects, Hawaii Chapter, 1979
  • “Native Land Rights”, Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1997
  • “Liability of Directors and Officers”, HawaiiInstitute for Continuing Legal Education, 1979

Court Admissions

  • State of Hawaii
  • U.S. District Court for Hawaii
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits
  • U.S. Court of International Trade

Community Activities

Founder Hawaii Lawuers Club

President Hawaii Community Service Council

Chair Kailua Neighborhood Board

President Kailua Community Council

President Olomana Community Board

Friends of Hakalau

Association First NWR



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