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Wayne K. Kekina joined the firm in 1975 and has been practicing tort law for nearly forty years. He was previously a partner in a leading Honolulu insurance defense law firm. Mr. Kekina excels in the trial of a variety of tort cases involving defective products, medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents and industrial accidents. Mr. Kekina has participated significantly in the successful prosecution of tort cases ranging from: the fire at the Chevron refinery and storage tanks in Oahu; to the Subaru telescope fire at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii; to several industrial electrocution and equipment crush cases on Kauai, Oahu, and Maui; to the three H-3 freeway structure collapses on Oahu, Hawaii; and several catastrophic helicopter and truck collision cases on Hawaii, Maui, Oahu and Kauai. Mr. Kekina was a Captain in the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam as a Congressional Inquiry Investigator. Areas of Practice: Automobile Aviation Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Products Liability Bar Admissions: Hawaii, 1969 U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1970 U.S. Court of International Trade, 1977 U.S. Supreme Court, 1977 U.S. Tax Court, 1977 Education: University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California, 1967 J.D. University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1964 B.S. Representative Cases: Ikene v. Maruo, 54 Haw. 548, 511 P.2d 1087 (1973) Quin v. Wilshire Ins. Co., 53 Haw. 19, 496 P.2d 59 (1971) Corden v. Paschoal's Limited, 52 Haw. 242, 473 P.2d 561 (1970) Professional Associations and Memberships: Hawaii State Bar Association Federal Bar Association American Bar Association American College of Trial Lawyers American Association for Justice American Board of Trial Advocates Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs' Attorneys Native Hawaiian Bar Association Past Employment Positions: U.S. Army, Captain Honolulu Insurance Defense Law Firm, Partner Fraternities/Sororities: Phi Alpha Delta Beta Gamma Sigma