John Y. Yamano
Counsel/Staff Attorney
Year Joined Firm
- 1989
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Coverage and Insurance Insolvency
- Employment Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Disabled Rights
Bar Admissions
- Hawaii, 1985
- California, 1984
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1988
- U.S. Tax Court, 2002
Education
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California
- J.D. - 1984
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
- B.S. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1981
- Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma
- Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
Published Works
- Defense Trial Tactics, Hawai`i Motor Vehicle Collision Manual, 1994, 1999
- Tort Immunity for the Employer, Hawai`i Tort Liability Issues in Work Site Accident Cases (Co-Author) 1989, 1989
Classes/Seminars
- Faculty, Litigation Seminar for Legal Secretaries and Legal Assistants "Trial Practice", Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1995
- Faculty, Litigation Seminar for Legal Secretaries, "Post Trial Practice", Legal Seminars, Inc., 1987 - 1996
- Faculty, Motor Vehicle Accident Law Update, Hawai`i Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1994
- Faculty, Motor Accident Law, Hawai`i Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1990
- Speaker, National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations (NOLGA) 7th Annual Legal Seminar, 1998
- Faculty, Defense Trial Tactics, American Bar Association TIP Section, 1999
- Faculty, Conducting an Effective Cross-Examination in Hawai`i, Lorman Education Services, 2000
- Faculty, Taking and Defending Depositions in Hawai`i, Lorman Education Services, 2002
- Faculty, Motion Practice in Hawai`i, Lorman Education Services, 2003
- Presenter, 3rd Annual State of Hawai`i Municipal Attorneys Training Conference, "Liability and the Counties", 2005
- Faculty, State of Hawai`i Judicial Conference, "Government Liability", 2006
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Hawai`i State Bar, Chairman, Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services to the Public, 1992
- Hawai`i State Bar Association, Member
- State of Hawai`i, Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions
- State Bar of California, Member (Inactive)
Past Employment Positions
- McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP, Honolulu, Hawai`i, Partner, 1991 - 2009
- McCorriston Miho Miller Mukai, Honolulu, Hawai`i, Associate, 1989 - 1991
- Roeca & Louie, Honolulu, Hawai`i, Associate, 1988 - 1989
- Case & Lynch, Honolulu, Hawai`i, Associate, 1984 - 1988
