RESUME OF MICHAEL F. NAUYOKAS
Michael F. Nauyokas specializes in employment and labor law. He represents both employees and employers. This dual representation provides unique insights into the perceptions and strategies on both sides of the employment relationship and significantly enhances his ability to deliver quality legal services. Representative employer clients have included Bank of Hawaii, American Airlines and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. On the employee side, Mr. Nauyokas has distinguished himself by obtaining the largest sex harassment settlement in the State of Hawaii against the Department of Defense. Mr. Nauyokas also acts as a neutral in employment and labor disputes. He has authored several nationally published labor arbitration awards. He enjoys "AV" status in the Martindale-Hubbell Rating System the highest possible rating by the leading independent attorney evaluation service. Mr. Nauyokas is named in "Best Lawyers in America", Best Lawyers Consumer Guide and is featured in Honolulu Magazine's "Best Lawyers in Honolulu" edition.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
-Attorney, Mediator, & Arbitrator. Choy & Nauyokas.
-Special Appeals Officer. State of Hawaii, Department of Labor & Industrial Relations.
-Attorney, Law Clerk, and Summer Associate. Goodsill, Anderson, Quinn & Stifel, Labor & Employment Law Section.
-Adjunct Professor. University of Hawaii, Graduate Schools, College of Business Administration, Kapiolani Community College, et al. Advanced Employment Related Law, Employment Related Law, Negotiation, Legal Interviewing Counseling and Negotiation Law, Human Resources Law, Law Office Management and Legal Terminology courses.
-Legal Extern. Department of the Attorney General, Labor Division, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Enforcement Division, State of Hawaii.
-Legal Extern. Local 996, Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Union.
RATING
Rated "AV", the highest possible rating under the Martindale-Hubbell Rating System.
EDUCATION
-University of Michigan Law School. Post-Graduate course in labor and employment law.
-Wiliam S. Richardson School of Law. University of Hawaii, J.D., Law Review.
-University of Denver School of Law . Paralegal Certificate.
-Colorado State University. B.S. with Distinction.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
-Hawaii State Bar and U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
-U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
-Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
-Member, Employment, Labor, Mediation, Commericial & GSA Panels of the American Arbitration Association.
-Past President, Vice President, & Secretary, National Employment Lawyers Association, Hawaii Affiliate
-Member, National Employment Lawyer Association and Hawaii Affiliate
-Director and Member, Industrial Relations Research Association and Hawaii Chapter
-Former Member, Society for Human Resource Management & its Program Committee
-Former Chairman, Bill of Rights Committee, HSBA
-Former Chairman and volunteer attorney, Meet-A-Lawyer Day, HSBA
Member, Hawaii State Bar Association
PUBLICATIONS
-Comment, Two Growing Procedural Defenses in Common Law Wrongful Discharge Cases--Preemption and Res Judicata, 11 U. Haw. L. Rev. 143 (1989).
-Tips on Hiring and Firing, Pacific Business News (December 23, 1996).
-Wrongful Termination Law in Hawaii, Hawaii Community Ass'n Reference Book (1996 & 97).
REPORTED CASES
-Mitchell v. State, 77 Hawaii 305, 95 Ed. Law Rep. 707 (1994) (amicus).
-BKB v. Maui Police Dep't, No. 99-17087 (9th Cir. January 9, 2002) (trial).
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CIVIC ACTIVITIES
-Director & Fellow, ACCTM
-Member, Committee on Professionalism, Hawaii Bar Association
-Member, U.S.D.C. ADR Committee (District of Hawaii).
-Member, U.S. Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel, District of Hawaii
-Advocates for Public Interest Law
-Aloha United Way
-Blood Bank of Hawaii
-Hawaii Lawyers Care
-Hawaii State Bar Association Mentor Program Tutor
-William S. Richardson School of Law Mentor Program
-Rotary Club of Honolulu & District 5000
-William S. Richardson School of Law Annual Fund-Raising
-Kids Voting
-Friends of Foster Kids
-ACLU
-Lifetime Member of YWCA
-Member, The Navy League
OTHER
Mediator, Arbitrator, Neutral Evaluator and/or Fact Finder in over 1150 employment disputes. Conducted numerous seminars and training programs in labor and employment law for the National Employment Lawyers Association, Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Hawaii Employers Council, Bank of Hawaii, Hawaiian Airlines, U.S. Department of Labor, Hawaii State Bar Association, State of Hawaii (including the Office of the Governor, the Judiciary, University of Hawaii, Department of the Attorney General, Department of Health and Department of Education), Hawaii Public Television, Alakahi Foundation, 'Olelo, the Education Channel, Hawaii Pacific University, AAA, CAI, Council on Education in Management, Mental Health Association of Hawaii, W.E. Denison Corporation, Better Business Bureau, Certified Management, Chaney Brooks & Co., Personnel Law, National Business Institute, Rotary International, SPIDR, Seminar Group, Peoples' Law School and the American Arbitration Association.
Frequent Employment & Labor Law Expert on KGMB-TV Channel 9 News, KHNL Hawaii News 8, KITV 4 News, "Lawyers' Live" 'Olelo Oceanic Channel 54, "You & The Law in Hawaii" & "Legally Speaking" 'Olelo Oceanic Channel 55.
