Lee T. Nakamura |

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Lee T. Nakamura was born and raised in Hawaii. He graduated from the University of Hawaii with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English in 1973. He graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law with a Juris Doctor Degree in 1976.

Mr. Nakamura started his career as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney trying high profile criminal cases and conducting investigative grand juries. He served as the training coordinator for the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, training Deputy Prosecutors in conducting jury trials.

In 1981, Mr. Nakamura entered private practice doing primarily defense work. He has handled cases involving personal injury, products liability, construction defects, automobile accidents, professional malpractice, asbestos, fires, airplane accidents, flooding, wind damage, mass torts, class actions, fraud, defamation and insurance issues.

Mr. Nakamura has experience in mediation, arbitration, trials and appeals. He was selected by Super Lawyers as one of Hawaii's Super Lawyers in 2013. He was named by "Best Lawyers" as one of the Best Lawyers in Hawaii in the field of Personal Injury Litigation-Defense for 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. In 2015, he was named Lawyer of the Year in Hawaii for Personal Injury Litigation-Defense. In 2015, he was selected as a Lawyer Delegate to the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Judicial Conferences for a 3-year term.

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