Gerald Aquinas Goddard

Background

Sumida, Gerald Aquinas was born on June 19, 1944 in Hilo, Hawaii, United States. Son of Sadamy and Kimiyo (Miyahara) Sumida.

Education

Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Princeton University, 1966, certified in public and international affairs, 1966. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1969.

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, 1970, Hawaii. Phi Beta Kappa. Publications: Co-author: "Legal, Institutional and Financial Aspects of an Inter-Island Electrical Transmission Cable," Honorary, 1984.

Author: "Alternative Approaches to the Legal Institutional and Financial Aspects of Developing an Inter-Island Electrical Transmission Cable System," Honorary, 1986. Research Associate, Center of International Studies, Princeton University, 1969-1970. Vice Chairman, 1971-1975 and Chairman, 1976-1979, Hawaii State Commission on the Year 2000.

Member, Hawaii Supreme Court, Cameras in the Courtroom Evaluation Committee, 1984-1985. Member, Section on Securities Law. Secretary, 1975; Vice President, 1984, Hawaii State Bar Association.

Member, Sections on: International Law. Antitrust Law; Corporation, Banking and Business Law, American Bar Association. Member, Executive Committee, Asia/Pacific Center for the Resolution of International Business Disputes, 1991—.

Member: Hawaii Ocean Law Association (President and Director, 1978—). Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education (Member and Director, 1976-1985. Vice-President, 1978.

President, 1979-1983. Center for International Commercial Dispute Resolution, Founding Governor, Executive Vice President, Chairman, Rules and Procedures, 1987—. Member, Management Committee, Pacific Basin Economic Council-United States., 1993—.

Director, American Red Cross, National, 1994—). Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii (Chairman, 1997—). American Society of International Law.

Inter-Pacific Bar Association. International Bar Association. 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.

Membership

Member science and statistical committee Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1979-1999. Member study group on law of armed conflict and the law of the sea Commander in Chief Pacific, United States Navy, 1979-1982. Chairman Pacific and Asian Affairs Council Hawaii, 1991-1996, senior advisor, since 1996, chairman, 1991-1996, president, 1982-1991, board governors, 1976-1996.

Board governors American Red Cross, 1994-2000, member executive committee, 1996-2000, chairman human resources committee, 1996-2000, Hawaii chapter, board directors, 1983-1999, 2003-2010, vice chairman, 1990. Chairman Hawaii Chamber of Commerce, 1997-1998, board directors, 1990-1999. Vice chairman Honolulu Committee Foreign Relations, since 1983.

President, director, founding member Hawaii Ocean Law Association, 1978-1999. Member Hawaii Advisory Group for Law of Sea Institute, 1977-1985. President Hawaii Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1979-1983, director, 1976-1987.

President, founding member Hawaii Council Legal Education Youth, 1980-1983, director, 1983-1988. Chairman Hawaii Commission Year 2000, 1976-1979. Member Honolulu Community Media Council, 1976-1999, executive committee, 1976-1984, legal council, 1979-1983.

Board directors Hawaii Imin Centennial Corporation, 1983-1990, Hawaii Public Radio, 1983-1988, Legal Aid Society Hawaii, 1984. Founding governor, executive vice president, chairman rules and procedures Center International Commercial Dispute Resolution, since 1987. Executive committee Pacific Aerospace Museum, 1991-1999.

Executive committee Pacific Islands Association, 1988-1999. Executive committee Asia-Pacific Center Reserve International Business Disputes, 1991-1995. Member Council Asia-Pacific Dispute Reserve Centers, 1991-1995.

Board directors United States Chamber of Commerce, 1998—2002, president Federation Asia Pacific Center Security Studies, since 2006, director, since 2001, board trustees University Hawai Foundation, since 2004, chair Strategic Plan Committee, since 2009. Member Pacific Basin Economic Council, 1993—1999. Member management committee PBEC-United States National Committee, 1994-1999, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, member council, 2003-2005, deputy sec, 2007-2011, secretary general, 2009-2011, deputy secretary general, 2007-2009, member council 2003-2005, chair Steering Committee Hawai Clean Energy Initiative, 2011.

Vice chairman; Member American Bar Association, Hawaii Bar Association (president young lawyers section 1974, vice president 1984), Japan-Hawaii Lawyers Association, American Society International Law, International Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (secretary general, since 2009), International Law Association, Plaza Club (Honolulu), Colonial Club (Princeton).

Connections

Married Sylvia Whitehead, June 23, 1970.

Father:

Sadamu Sumida

Mother:

Kimiyo (Miyahara) Sumida

Spouse:

Sylvia Whitehead