Retired from Practice

Admitted to bar: 1974, Florida, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1977, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Supreme Court.

Former Areas of Practice

• Defense litigation involving admiralty/maritime injuries and claims
• Products liability
• General insurance defense
• Insurance coverage litigation
• Personal injury defense
• Labor and employment law

Education

• U.S. Coast Guard Academy (B.S., with honors, 1967)
• University of Miami (J.D., cum laude, 1973)

Membership & Admissions

• Hawaii State Bar Association (Inactive – Voluntary)
• The Florida Bar (Inactive – Voluntary)
• Maritime Law Association of the United States, Proctor
• Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve (Retired)

Prior Experience

• Phi Alpha Delta
• Member, Society of Wig and Robe
• Member, University of Miami Law Review, 1973
• Senior Trial Attorney, Torts Branch, U.S. Department of Justice, 1977-1983
• Adjunct professor of law, University of San Francisco Law School, 1982.
• Co-founder and Senior Litigation Attorney, Alcantara & Frame 1982-1998
• Alcantara Frame & Formby 1998-2001, Frame Formby & O’Kane, 2001-2006
• Frame & Nakano, 2007

Additional Language

• Thai