Celebrating Women’s Equality Day
Islandlawyers celebrates Women’s Equality Day, which commemorates women in the U.S. winning the right to vote. Amazingly, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was only passed in 1920, meaning that women have only voting rights in this country for 95 years. Time Magazine earlier today noted that women only make up 33% of the U.S. […]
KHON2 News Speaks with Gavin Doi about Child Support
KHON2 News speaks with Gavin Doi about a proposed law to collect child support from grandparents KHON2 News speaks with Gavin Doi of Doi/Luke, Islandlawyers on February 3, 2015, about a proposed law in he Hawaii Legislature to collect child support from grandparents of children on state assistance. Specifically, the proposed State House Bill 128 […]
Gavin Doi Interviewed About Same Sex Divorce in Hawaii
Gavin Doi interviewed about same sex divorces in Hawaii Islandlawyers attorney Gavin Doi was interviewed by Kristine Uyeno of KHON2 News on January 2, 2014, regarding same sex divorce in Hawaii. Doi/Luke, Islandlawyers filed the first same sex divorce complaint in Hawaii, upon Hawaii’s enactment of a same sex marriage law, clearing the way for […]
Gavin Doi Talks to KHON2 About Paternity & Child Support
Marisa Yamane of KHON2 News interviews Gavin Doi for an Action Line story involving family law.
HuffPo Graphic Shows Varying Divorce Rates in the U.S.
A pretty nice infographic on the Huffington Post this morning (crediting a Brown University study, the American Community Survey, and the Daily Beast), showing the divorce rates in different states in the U.S., as well as the top cities in that regard. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/us-divorce-rate_n_4184261.html Notably our little chain in the Pacific is on the lower end […]
New Website for Hawaii Family Court’s Kids First Program
Kids First, an Oahu program run by the Hawaii Family Court has launched its new website at KidsFirstHawaii.com. The program is designed to help family going through divorce or breakup through classes for parents and children. All parents who are going through a divorce (married parties) or filing for a custody order (unmarried parties) are […]
Islandlawyers’ Larie Manutai – Helping Others Through Education
Islandlawyers’ Larie Manutai — Helping Others Through Education Larie Manutai, an attorney with Doi/Luke, Island Lawyers, for her efforts to help others via education: Larie Manutai — Education helps her find methods of helping others — Honolulu Star-Advertiser Michael Tsai’s February 19, 2013 Incidental Lives column in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, profiled Larie and her unique educational and […]
There’s an App for that???
Smartphone App Developed for Running DNA Paternity Tests Researchers at University of California, Irvine have developed an Android app that conducts DNA-based paternity tests. The smartphone app can reportedly compare digitized genomic data to determine if an individual is the father of another individual. This feat is particularly impressive in light of how much computer […]
Islandlawyers’ Gavin Doi Recognized for Volunteer Service
Islandlawyers’ Gavin Doi Recognized for Volunteer Service Islandlawyers attorney Gavin Doi was honored for outstanding pro bono volunteer service by the Hawaii Access to Justice Commission and the Hawai State Legislature, at a ceremony held October 23, 2012, at the Hawaii Supreme Court. The Pro Bono Celebration 2012 awards ceremony recognized six volunteers from the […]
Office birthday!
A nice way to brighten up a Monday — an office birthday! We celebrated Erina’s birthday today, at California Pizza Kitchen. No ages being disclosed, but she seemed happy today.