John Y. Yamano

John Y. Yamano is Of Counsel to McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP, practicing in the areas of litigation and alternative dispute resolution. His work encompasses commercial litigation, appellate practice, and products liability, personal injury, and insurance defense matters.

Admitted in California in 1984 and in Hawaii in 1985, John has practiced in Hawaii for four decades and is admitted before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Tax Court.

He has been a frequent lecturer and faculty member on trial practice and civil litigation topics, teaching for the American Bar Association, the Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Lorman Education Services, and the State of Hawaii Judicial Conference, among others. He has also served on the State of Hawaii Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions.

Professional Associations

Hawaii State Bar Association, Member; State Bar of California, Member (Inactive); State of Hawaii, Committee on Pattern Civil Jury Instructions.

Publications

Defense Trial Tactics, Hawaii Motor Vehicle Collision Manual, 1994, 1999; Tort Immunity for the Employer, Hawaii Tort Liability Issues in Work Site Accident Cases (co-author), 1989.

Speaking Engagements & Seminars

• Faculty, State of Hawaii Judicial Conference, “Government Liability,” 2006
• Presenter, 3rd Annual State of Hawaii Municipal Attorneys Training Conference, “Liability and the Counties,” 2005
• Faculty, Motion Practice in Hawaii, Lorman Education Services, 2003
• Faculty, Taking and Defending Depositions in Hawaii, Lorman Education Services, 2002
• Faculty, Conducting an Effective Cross-Examination in Hawaii, Lorman Education Services, 2000
• Faculty, Defense Trial Tactics, American Bar Association TIPS Section, 1999
• Speaker, National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations (NOLHGA) 7th Annual Legal Seminar, 1998
• Faculty, Litigation Seminar for Legal Secretaries and Legal Assistants, “Trial Practice,” Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1995
• Faculty, Litigation Seminar for Legal Secretaries, “Post Trial Practice,” Legal Seminars, Inc., 1987–1996
• Faculty, Motor Vehicle Accident Law Update, Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1994
• Faculty, Motor Vehicle Accident Law, Hawaii Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1990