William A. Harrison
Founding Partner since 1982
Year Joined Firm
- 1982
Areas of Practice
- Federal Criminal Defense
- State Criminal Defense
- Military Criminal Defense
- Personal Injury
- Constitutional Law
- Medical Malpractice
Bar Admissions
- Hawaii, 1981
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1985
- New Jersey, 1982
- U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 1981
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1993
Education
- University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, Hawaii
- J.D. - 1981
- Law Review: University of Hawaii Law Review, Member, 1980 - 1981
- University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
- M.A. - 1981
- University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
- B.A. - 1977
Classes/Seminars
- Adjunct Professor -"Hawaii Innocence Project", University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law
- Faculty Member, National Institute of Trial Advocates ("NITA")
- Lecturer - Trial Advocacy Program, Public Defender State of Hawaii
- Faculty Member, National Business Institute Legal Seminars
- Peoples Law School, American Trial Lawyers Association
Honors and Awards
- Listed in: "Best Lawyers in America" 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012
- Martindale-Hubble Registry of Preeminent Lawyers, 2003 - Present
- Listed in: Hawaii Super Lawyers, 2008 - 2013
- Hawaii's Best Lawyers (Honolulu Magazine) 2007 - present
- Director -Hawaii Bar Association, 2010 - 2012
- Chair, Judicial Selection Commission, State of Hawaii, 1994 - 1995
- United States Courts Judicial Conference, 2004 - 2005
- "Who's Who in American Law", 2003 - Present
- "Outstanding Lawyers of America"
- Member, Task Force on Charging Procedures, Twenty-First Legislature 2003
- Member, Act 59 Task Force to Consider Proposals to Revise Hawaii's Community Notification or "Megan's Law", 2003 - 2004
- Member of Hawaii Supreme Court Permanent Committee on Rules of Penal Procedure and Circuit Court Criminal Rules
- Member of Lt. Governor's Hawaii Drug Control Strategy Task Force, 2004 - Present
- Litigation Committee, ACLU of Hawaii, 2002 - Present
- Legal Television Commentator, KHNL News 8
- Lawyer Select, State Judicial Conference, 1991 - 1994
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Hawaii State Bar Association, Member, 1981 - Present
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Member, 1982 - Present
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers ("NACDL"), Life Member
- Bencher, American Inns of Court IV, Hawaii
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member
- Hawaii Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- The Association of Plaintiffs Lawyers of Hawaii, Member, 1989 - 1990
- American Society of Law and Medicine, Member
- The Association of Plaintiffs Lawyers of Hawaii, Member, Board of Governors, 1989 - 1990
- International Legal Faternity of Phi Delta Phi - Richardson Inn, Member, Executive Committee, 1979 - 1981
Pro Bono Activities
- President of the Board, "Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline", 1991 - 1992
- Delegate, Hawaii Democratic Party State Convention, 1988 - 2008
- Afro-American Lawyers Association (Past President and Founding Member)
- ACLU of Hawaii -Litigation Committee Member
- NAACP Hawaii Chapter (Former Legal Redress Officer)
- Interscholastic League of Honolulu, Coach of the Year, Wrestling, 1990 - 1991
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi