Jason S. Kasamoto is an associate in the firm’s litigation department and concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury, insurance defense and other litigation-related matters. Jason attended the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he served as Executive Publications Editor of the Asian-Pacific Law & […]
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Shannon received her Juris Doctor degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law in 2023. While in law school, she was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society, served as Senior Editor for the Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal, served as Co-President of the American Constitution Society Hawaiʻi Chapter, and competed […]
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Jessica Adlam attended Montclair State University, located in Montclair, New Jersey, where she majored in Geography, with an emphasis in Urban Planning, and a minor in Justice Studies. Throughout her undergraduate career, Jessica received numerous awards including the Harvey Milstead Award for Excellence in Geography and was recognized for having the highest GPA in her […]
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Kristi T. Nagamine attended the University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma Washington, where she majored in English with an emphasis in creative writing. In 2020, Kristi received her Juris Doctor degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law. During law school, she was selected to the Deans’ Circle and was a member of the […]
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Zachary received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Washington with a concentration in finance. Thereafter he attended the William S. Richardson School of Law where he received his Juris Doctorate. After law school, Zachary worked for a local credit union as their in-house debt collection attorney and for a local law […]
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I was born and raised on Guam. I graduated from the Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Cum Laude, in 2019. I was admitted to the Guam Bar in 2020.
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Richard is an experienced trial lawyer who understands litigation from both sides of the bench. After five years representing criminal defendants as a public defender in Colorado and the CNMI, in 2011 he became law clerk for the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. After retiring from the federal […]
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Yuriko (“Jane”) was born in Bridgeton, New Jersey and attended Rutgers University. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Toshimi Sodetani in Circuit Court, State of Hawaii. She entered private practice in 1978 and practiced at the Bendet Fidell Sugimura for 41 years before joining the CIPN firm.
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Bonnie graduated from UCLA Law School in 1984 in the top ten of her graduating class and as a member of the Order of the Coif and an Associate Editor of U.C.L.A. Law Review. Her first year after graduation from law school, she was a law clerk on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for […]
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Mr. Bendet was the founder of the law firm Bendet Fidell Sugimura where he practiced for 45 years before joining Clay Iwamura Pulice & Nervell. Mr. Bendet has been named as one of the best intellectual property lawyers in Hawaii in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995 to present edition.
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