David Franklin Day, American Lawyer, educator. Bar: Hawaii 1974, California 1978. Member Honolulu Committee on Foreign Rels. Member American Bar Association, International Bar Association, Inter-Pacific Bar, California Bar Association, American Arbitration Association, Hawaii Bar Association, United States Council International Chamber of Commerce
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Background
The son of a weather forecaster with Australia"s Bureau of Meteorology, Day grew up in Melbourne and Charleville, Queensland before commencing accounting studies in which he performed poorly due his political activity that included protesting against Australia"s involvement in the Vietnam War.
Education
Tufts University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1971). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1974). Lecturer, Antitrust Law and Unfair Trade, Golden Gate University Law School, San Francisco, 1979-1980.
Member, Executive and Arbitrator/Conciliator Committees, The Asia/Pacific Center for the Resolution of International Business Disputes, San Francisco, since 1990.
Vice President, Member, Board of Governors, 1987— and Chairman of the Arbitral Panels, Selection Committee, since 1988, Hawaii Center for International Commercial Dispute Resolution. Member, Drafting Committee: HRS Chapter 658D, Hawaii International Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation Acting.
Member, Chief Justice’s Working Committee on International Arbitration and Mediation, Hawaii, since 1986.
Career
Worked at David F. Day (Honolulu, Hawaii) specializing in Construction Law, Environmental Law, Real Estate Law, Financial Matters of General Business with special emphasis on Mediation Law, Arbitration Law, Complex Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Hawaii and United States. District Court, District of Hawaii.
1977, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1978, California.
Program Chair and Faculty Speaker On: "Business Opportunities in South.E. Asia". "Asian Foreign Investment in the United States.".
"Vietnam Trade & MFN Issues".
"Asia Business Negotiations". "Doing Business in the United States.
-- A Legal & Business View", Hawaii Department of Business, Education and Tourism. University of Hawaii Schools of Business and Law.
Pacific Asia Management Institute, 1996.
Formerly with: Goodsill, Anderson & Quinn, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1974-1977. Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, 1977-1984. Company-Author/Program Creator: International Arbitrator Training, American
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Association, 1992, Revised educated 1993, 1994, 1995. Member, Executive Committee, American Arbitration Association"s Asia/Pacific Center for the Resolution of International Business Disputes, San Francisco, 1990. Member: Honolulu Committee on Foreign Relations, 1986.
United States.
International Arbitration Committee, 1982. Member: Hawaii State (Member, International Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections), American (Member: Dispute Resolution. Natural Resources; Environmental Law Sections.
Litigation Section.
International Arbitration Committee), Inter-Pacific (Member: Alternative Dispute Resolution and International Construction Committees) and International (Member, International Alternative Dispute Resolution Subcommittee) Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Executive Committee, American Arbitration Association"s Asia/Pacific Center for the Resolution of International Business Disputes, San Francisco, 1990. Member: Honolulu Committee on Foreign Relations, 1986. United States. International Arbitration Committee, 1982.
Member: Hawaii State (Member, International Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections), American (Member: Dispute Resolution.
Natural Resources; Environmental Law Sections. Litigation Section; International Arbitration Committee), Inter-Pacific (Member: Alternative Dispute Resolution and International Construction Committees) and International (Member, International Alternative Dispute Resolution Subcommittee) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California.
Connections
Married Ingrid Korth, December 17, 1971 (divorced December 1984). Married Ronda Wei Seyn Ching, August 22, 1991. Children: Stefan Christopher, Lauren Wei Jeyn.