Roeca Luria Shin LLP
A Limited Liability Law Partnership
Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 808-538-7500
- Fax: 808-521-9648
- E-Mail: rlh@rlhlaw.com
- Website: www.rlhlaw.com
Established: 1988
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense
- Automobile
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Medical Malpractice
- Aviation
- Bad Faith
- Coverage Issues
- Construction Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Extra-Contractual Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Litigation
- Medical Liability
- General Civil Litigation
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- Attorneys Liability Protection Society (ALPS)
- AXIS Insurance
- Century Insurance Group
- Chartis Aerospace
- CNA Insurance Companies
- The Doctors Company
- DTRIC Insurance Company Limited
- Fairmont Specialty Group
- Farmers Insurance Company
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
- Founders Insurance Company
- Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
- General Star Management Company
- Global Aerospace, Inc.
- Great American Custom Insurance Services
- Great American Insurance Company
- HAPI's Physicians' Indemnity Plan
- HDI-Gerling America Insurance Company
- Island Insurance Company, Ltd.
- James River Insurance Company
- Medical Insurance Exchange of California
- Nautilus Insurance Group
- OMS National Insurance Company
- Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company
- Philadelphia Insurance Company
- Prime Insurance Syndicate, Inc.
- Professional Underwriters Liability Insurance Company
- Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
- RiverStone Claims Management, LLC
- RSUI Group, Inc.
- Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.
- Shand Morahan & Company, Inc.
- Sumitomo Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Ltd.
- Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
- The Travelers Companies, Inc.
- Western World Insurance Company
- Zurich American Insurance Group
Non-Insurance Clients
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- Constructors Hawaii Inc.
- Corrections Corporation of America
- County of Maui
- D.R. Horton, Inc.
- The Gentry Companies
- Goodfellow Brothers, Inc.
- Hard Rock Cafe International
- Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co., Inc.
- Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
- Honolulu Board of Water Supply
- Kaanapali Land, LLC
- Kmart Corporation
- Sears Holdings Management Corporation
- State of Hawaii
- United States Olympic Committee
- Walgreen Co.
Personnel Information
Partners
Arthur F. Roeca
Honolulu, HI
Admitted
- California, 1975
- Hawaii, 1976
- U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Memberships:
- American (Tort and Insurance Practice and Litigation Sections) and Hawaii State Bar Associations
- State Bar of California
- Hawaii Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
Education:
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1970
- Southwestern University, J.D. (cum laude), 1975
Military:
US Army, 1970-1972
James Shin
Honolulu, HI
Admitted
- Hawaii, 1994
- U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1996
Memberships:
- Hawaii State Bar Association
Education:
- The University of Iowa, B.A., 1991
- The University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1994
Shannon Wack
Honolulu, HI
Practice Areas
- Commercial Law
- Construction Litigation
- Insurance Defense
Admitted
- Hawaii, 1990
- U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1994
Memberships:
- Hawaii State Bar Association (Chair, Delivery of Legal Services to the Public Committee; Access to Justice Commissioner)
- Hawaii Womens Lawyers
Education:
- University of Hawaii, B.B.A., 1987
- University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law, J.D., 1990
Honors:
American Jurisprudence Award Advanced Legal Writing, 1989
Norman K. Odani
Honolulu, HI
Admitted
- California, 2002
- Hawaii, 2007
Memberships:
- State Bar of California
- Hawaii State Bar Association
Education:
- University of California, Riverside, B.A., 1998
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D., 2001
Of Counsel
April Luria
Honolulu, HI
Admitted
- Indiana, 1984
- Hawaii, 1988
- U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, 1984
- U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 1988
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Additional Biographical Details:
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, 1991-1994
Memberships:
- American, Indiana State and Hawaii State Bar Association
Education:
- Purdue University, B.S., 1977
- Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1984
Lois H. Yamaguchi
Honolulu, HI
Admitted
- Hawaii, 1990
Memberships:
- Hawaii State Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute (Hawaii State Representative, 2009-present)
Education:
- University of Washington, B.A./B.S., 1980
- University of Hawaii at Manoa, Graduate Certificate, Public Administration, 1986
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1990
Clerkship:
Law Clerk, Hon. Robert G. Klein, First Circuit Court, State of Hawaii (1990-1991)
Jodie D. Roeca
Honolulu, HI
Admitted
- Hawaii, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1996
Additional Biographical Details:
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, 1985-1987
Memberships:
- Hawaii State and Native Hawaiian Bar Associations
- Hawaii Women Lawyers Association
Education:
- University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., 1977
- William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, J.D., 1985
Law Review:
Comments Editor, Hawaii Law Review, 1984-1985
Clerkship:
Law Clerk to the Honorable Edward H. Nakamura, Hawaii Supreme Court, 1984
James F. Ferguson
Honolulu, HI
Admitted
- Hawaii, 2000
- U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii
Memberships:
- Hawaii Bar Association
Education:
- University of West Indies, Jamaica, LL.B., 1984
- Norman Manley Law School, J.D., 1986
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