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Many ELP Alumni find rewarding careers in private practice, whether on the Mainland or at Hawai‘i’s small or large law firms. Others follow exciting government career paths at the federal, state, or city and county level. ELP alumni have also had remarkable success in public policy and public interest careers, dedicating their expertise and passion toward representing the community at large or local groups. Former students have pursued successful careers all throughout the United States and across the globe.
Below is a list of all of our ELP graduates who received Certificates in Environmental Law and where they are currently employed as indicated by our records. Please feel free to email us at elp@hawaii.edu if you see any errors.
Class of 1993
Karla J. Axell – Associate, Perkins Coie (Seattle)
David Forman – Interim Director of Environmental Law Program & Faculty Specialist, William S. Richardson School of Law
Brian Sen – President, Sen Plex Corp.
Class of 1994
Margaret Aurand – Senior Counsel, LAPTV, LLC
John Burke
Douglas Codiga – Of Counsel, Schlack Ito, LLLC
Sheila Haynes – Private Practitioner
Sheila Lalonde
Normand Lezy
Alexander Thompson
Class of 1995
Pamela Bunn – Of Counsel, Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing,
Class of 1996
Jay Coleman
Emily Gardner – Attorney at Law, LLLC (Animal Law)
Thomas Irons – Deputy Attorney General, Indiana Office of the Attorney General, Consumer & Fraud Division
Blake Oshiro – Office of the Governor
Andrew Quenga
Class of 1997
Malia Akutagawa – Director, Moloka’i Rural Development Project
Jack Bennett – Kamehameha Schools
Sarah Hirakami – Hawai’i State Department of the Attorney General
Jonathan Hitesman – United States Marine Corps
Peter Knapman – Law Office of Peter Knapman
Kent Morihara – Partner, Morihara Lau & Fong LLP
Michael Nakano – Partner, Frame & Nakano, AAL, ALC
John Pierce – Tom Pierce, Attorney at Law, LLLC
Class of 1998
Robert Thomas – Director, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert
Isaac Moriwake – Staff Attorney, Earthjustice
D. Kapuaʻala Sproat – Assistant Professor of Law, William S. Richardson School of Law
Anyaa Vohiri – Executive Director, Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia
Class of 1999
Bonita Chang – Staff Attorney, Public Utilities Commission
Stuart Ing – Law Office of Stuart T. Ing
Blake McElheny – Community Works
Mark Murakami – Director, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert
Susan Ornelles
Ammie Roseman-Orr – Counsel to the Environmental Appeals Board, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Class of 2000
Jean Campbell – Of Counsel, Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing
Amy Cardwell
Georgette Concepcion – Associate, Attorney, Unpingco & Associates, L.L.C.
Amy Ono – University of Hawai’i
Matthew Petrich
Class of 2001
Leʻa Kanehe – Hawaiian Studies, Leeward Community College
Darcy Kishida
Paul Lin-Easton
Todd Okasaki – Construction Engineers, LLC
Nichole Shimamoto – Finance Factors Ltd.
Class of 2002
John Davis – United States Probation Office
Heidi Guth – Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Christina Kempner – Community Development Director, Town of Riverhead
Bree Kurihara
Ruth Hokulei Lindsey – Associate Professor, School of Law, Southern Illinois University
Kimberly (Moffie) McIntyre – Strategic Ocean Solutions
Michelle Oishi – Law Office of Michelle S.K. Oishi, LLLC
Class of 2003
Della Au Belatti – House of Representatives, State of Hawai’i Legislature
Malia Bervar
Crystal Glendon – Office of the Public Defender, State of Hawai’i
Kanoelani Kane – Chamber of Hon. Barry Kurren, United States District Court of Hawai’i
Scott Mowery
Jill Raznov – Solo Practitioner
Elizabeth Sharpe
Trisha Watson
Jason Wolf
Class of 2004
Angela Anderson – Hale & Goldberg, LLP
Christopher Bennett – Bennett Law Group, LLLC
Joan Bird
Erin Ching
Paul Herran – Herran Law Firm
Ronald Kim – Law Office of Eric A. Seitz
Summer Kupau – Office of the Public Defender, State of Hawai’i
Dawn Nekoba – Office of the Public Defender, State of Hawai’i
David Paulson – Associate, Bickerton Lee Dang & Sullivan, LLLP
Suelyn Tran – Law Office of Suelyn Tran
Class of 2005
Sara Cosson
Ranae Doser-Pascual – United States Air Force
Christopher Ewan
Lindsey Kasperowicz – United States Army Corps of Engineers
Kara Marcineic
Peter Olson – Olson & Sons, Attorneys at Law
Jessica Stabile – Mediation Center of the Pacific
Martha Townsend – Director, The Outdoor Circle
Lauren Uyetake
Nicole Wipp – Wip Law Firm PLCC
Class of 2006
Marlyn Aguilar
Lori Baker
Sarah Carter
Michael Dahilig
Koalani Kaulukukui – Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Melissa Lam – Office of the Public Defender, State of Hawai’i
Daniel Park
Erin Prahler – Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University
Simpson Thatcher
J. Blaine Roger – Associate, Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing
Molly Schmidt – State of Hawai’i Department of Land & Natural Resources
Peter Whitfield – Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice
David Galazin – Law Department, City of Kent
Class of 2007
Grant Arnold – Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Laura Edmunds – Trust for Public Land
Brian Ellis – United States Navy
Jeff Kent – Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Marian McGuire
Richelle Thomson – Private Practitioner
Natalie Wilson – Associate, Langley & Banack, Inc.
Aubrey Wood – Betts and Wood, LLP
Georgette Yaindl
Josh Strickler
Class of 2008
Michelle Walker
Kamaile Nichols – Attorney-Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of General Counsel, Pacific Islands Region
Makia Minerbi – Legal Aid Society of Hawai’i
Steven Tom – Burke McPheeters Bordner & Estes AAL ALC
Jael Makagon – Associate, Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing
Allan Alicuben – The Boeing Company
Matthew Shannon – Associate, Bays Lung Rose & Homa
Aarin Gross – Associate, Bays Lung Rose & Holma
Geoff Lee
Kaleihiiikapoli Rapoza
Yumi Miyata – Coordinator for the Wai’anae Watershed Partnership, State of Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources
Cameron Black – Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
Lauren Wilcoxon – Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, State of Hawai’i
Class of 2009
Everett Ohta – Compliance Monitoring Specialist, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Ryan Keesey
Sunny Greer
Jodi Higuchi – Office of the County Attorney, County of Kaua’i
David Fanelli
Evan Silberstein
Kate Bryant-Greenwood
Madeline Reed – Private Practitioner
Jacqui Tryon
Virginia Tice – CEO, Nature Iraq Foundation
George White – Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, State of Hawai’i
Class of 2010
Leslie Cole Brooks
Tiffany Chiang
Doug Cole – Executive Director, North Shore Community Land Trust
Melissa Farris
Jamila Jarmon
Kyle Meisner
David Sakoda
Maria Mehr Smith
Kauʻi Yamane
Class of 2011
Carolyn Aguilar
Britt Bailey
Elena Bryant
Amanda Donlin
Summer Fergerstrom
Anna Fernandez
Haʻaheo Kahoʻohalahala
Kelly Kohlhofer
Lena Mobin
Danielle Seress
Trevor Tamashiro
Charlie Taylor
Miya Tsukazaki
Stewart Yerton
Class of 2012
Mike Howell – Fellow, Ka Huli Ao Center for Native Hawaiian Excellence
Brent Kakesako-Chief Operating Officer, Hawaiʻi Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development
Lehua Kaʻuhane – Fellow, Ka Huli Ao Center for Native Hawaiian Excellence
Kaleo Nacapoy
Jamil Newirth
Chris Odoca – Clerk, Supreme Court of Guam
Ana Won Pat-Borja
Robyn Pfahl
Andrew Porter
Lora Reeve
Adam Roversi
Joanne Sheng Clerk, Maui Circuit Court
Tricia Sakamoto
Mellisa Uhl – Associate, Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing
Please follow the links on the sidebar for profiles of our featured alumni, followed by a partial list of alumni in each practice area. Check back regularly for new profiles and listings.
A Message from Associate Dean Antolini, former ELP Director
Alumni, there are many important ways to help sustain the Environmental Law Program and its students, faculty, staff, and alumni:
(1) a direct donation to the Environmental Law Program Fund
(2) a direct donation to the Jarman Endowment for students
(3) donating your time to be a judge for the program’s moot court teams
(4) serving as a mentor to one of our students under the Enviromentors program
(5) donating your used environmental law books and resources
(6) providing students opportunities to do pro bono work, externships, and paid summer or semester jobs
(7) hiring our students after they graduate
Mahalo for your support!
Associate Dean Denise Antolini
Former Director, ELP