Michael
F. Nauyokas has mediated over 750 employment, labor, personal
injury insurance, bad faith, Jones Act, longshore, commercial, products
liability, construction, workers' compensation and other disputes in Honolulu
and has been selected as an arbitrator in over 150 more.
Over 99% of the
cases he mediated were settled in one day. All but three subsequently
settled. He has a boutique law practice specializing primarily in mediation
and arbitration and employment and labor law. Mr. Nauyokas holds an "AV"
rating (the highest possible) under the Martindale-Hubbell Rating System,
is named in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers,
is named in The Best Lawyers Guide and The Best Lawyers in America,
and has been featured in Honolulu Magazine's "Best Lawyers in Hawaii"
and Midweek's "Newsmakers."
He is a Fellow of the American College
of Civil Trial Mediators and member of the United States District Court
Mediation Committee for the District of Hawaii
Mr. Nauyokas is a frequent lecturer on
numerous topics in mediation, arbitration, employment and labor law areas.
Mr. Nauyokas has taught numerous courses in Negotiation, and Employment
& Labor Law at the University of Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific University.
He has appeared as an expert on ADR and Employment Law on numerous television
and radio shows. Among the numerous organizations he has served as a lecturer
are: The U.S. Department of Labor, the EEOC, the Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the Society for the Professionals in Dispute
Resolution (now ACR), National Employment Lawyers Association ("NELA"),
the American Arbitration Association, the Society for Human Resource Management,
and the Hawaii Employers Council.
