Andy M. Ichiki

Background

Ichiki, Andy M. was born on August 13, 1932 in Puunene, Hawaii, United States. Son of Masaji and Tetsuyo (Amano) Ichiki.

Education

Punahou School; Bates College and Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1954). University of Washington (Bachelor of Laws, 1966). Spoken languages: Japanese.

Career

Worked at Carlsmith Ball Wichman Case & Ichiki (Honolulu, Hawaii) specializing in Admiralty & Maritime, Administrative, Banking & Finance, Corporate, Environmental, Foreign Investment Interests, Hotel, Resort & Entertainment, Immigration, International, Labor & Employment, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Public Utilities, Real Property and Land Use, Tax, Trusts, and Comparative Planning. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Hawaii. 1972, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Graduating Class Award, 1966. Phi Delta Phi. Japanese Symposium Editor, Washington Law Review, 1965-1966. Affiliate Faculty, Japan-America Institute of Management Science, 1973-1990.

Trustee, 1979-1990, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1982, Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1983-1990, Foundation for Study in Hawaii and Abroad. Trustee, Punahou School, 1986—. Commissioner, 1989—, Art in Public Places.

Chairman, 1993—, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1989—. Member, Governor's Congress on Hawaii's International Role, 1988. Director, 1984—, Member, Executive Committee, 1984—, Friends of the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii.

Recipient, Outstanding Lawyer Award, 1991, Director, 1984—, Fundraising Committee Chairman, 1985-1990, Special Advisor, 1990—, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii. Trustee, Japan-America Society of Hawaii, 1986—. Director, 1989-1994, Member, Ad Hoc Hawaii Maritime Affiliation Committee, 1989-1990, and Member, Executive Committee, 1989-1990, Bishop Museum.

Director, Boys and Girls Club of Honolulu, 1984—. Secretary, Executive Committee, 1993—. Regional Director, Pacific Southwest United States, Harvard Alumni Association, 1982-1985.

President, Harvard Club of Hawaii, 1974-1977. Director, 1974—. Advisor to the Board, 1991—, The Honolulu Waldorf School. Member, Japanese American Society for Legal Studies, 1966.

Member, Executive Board, 1978, and Chairman, Attorney/Client Coordination Committee, 1978, Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Foreign Legal Consultants, 1986—, Member, International Arbitration Working Committee, 1986-1987, Hawaii State Bar Association. Member, Sections on International Law and Practice, Corporation, Banking and Business Law and Economics of Law and Practice, American Bar Association. Co Chairman, 1989 Annual Meeting of the Section of International Law and Practice, American Bar Association Convention in Hawaii.

Member: International Bar Association (Member, Section on Business Law). The law firm of Carlsmith Ball Wichman Case & Ichiki was established in 1857 in Hilo, Hawaii. The firm currently has 115 attorneys in ten offices located throughout Hawaii, in Guam, Saipan, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Mexico City, Mexico.

Achievements

• Bar: Hawaii 1967, United States District Court (Hawaii) 1967, United States Court Appeals (9thcir.) 1969, United States Court of International Trade 1969, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands 1972. Certified real estate broker.

Membership

Trustee Punahou School, since 1986, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, since 1989, Japan-American Society of Hawaii, since 1986, member membership committee, since 1989. Board directors Friends of the William S. Richardson School of Law University of Hawaii, since 1984, member Executive Committee since 1984. Board directors American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, since 1984, Boys & Girls Clubs of Honolulu and Waianae, since 1984, Hawaii Bijutsuin (Hawaii Art Academy), since 1979, president, since 1979.

Board directors Bishop Museum, since 1989, member ad hoc Hawaii maritime affiliation committee, since 1989, member Executive Committee 1989-1990, chairman human resources management committee 1989-1990, member human resources policy committee 1991-1992. Member of advisory board Molokai Museum and Cultural Center,1988-, The Wo International Center, since 1990. Member Honolulu Committee on Foreign Rels., since 1984, Bishop Museum Association Council, 1981-1984.

Member American Bar Association (member sections on international law and practice, business law and lawpractice management, co-chairman 1989 annual meeting of the section of international law and practice, American Bar Association convention in Hawaii), American Society International Law, Bar Association Hawaii (Executive Board 1978, chairman, attorney/client coordinator committee, chairman ad hoc commission on foreign legal consultant since 1986, member international arbitration working committee), International Tax Planning Association, International Bar Association (mem.sect. on business law), Japanese-American Society for Legal Studies, Harvard Alumni Association (regional director 1982-1985), Harvard Club Hawaii (president 1974-1977, board directors since 1974), Oahu Country Club (member art committee 1991-1992), Waialae Country Club, Plaza Club.

Connections

Married Kay Tatusko Takei, July 9, 1955 (deceased). Married Rebecca Cho, October 22, 1991. Children: Paul Cho, Rachelle Ichiki.

Father:

Masaji Ichiki

Mother:

Tetsuyo (Amano) Ichiki

Spouse:

Rebecca Cho

Spouse:

Kay Tatusko Takei

child:

Rachelle Ichiki

child:

Paul Cho Ichiki