Credentials
Education   
William S. Richardson School of Law 
University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, Hawaii May 1989 
Activities: Vice President--Pacific Asia Legal Student Organization
    Received highest grade in Administrative Law,1988
University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii
Master Public Health 1983, Awarded East West Center Grant
Master of Social Work 1982,
Awarded National Institutes of Health grant
American Institute of Foreign Study
Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa
Classical Civilizations June 1979
Memberships
 
  • National/Hawaii American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Honorary Vice Consul of Italy for the State of Hawaii 
  • Consular Corps of Hawaii
  • National/Hawaii Association of Foreign Student Advisors (NAFSA)
  • National/Hawaii Human Resource Managers Association
  • Philippine Chamber of Commerce
  • Metropolitan Rotary Club of Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Hawaii Bar Association
  • Guam Bar Association
  • Inter-Pacific Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Board Member: Immigrant Center of Hawaii
  • Trial Experience: Federal and Administrative level
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      Selected Papers
     
    Jon M. Van Dyke, Carmen DiAmore-Siah and Gerald W. Berkely-Coats, 
    Self-Determination for Nonself-governing Peoples and Indigenous Peoples: The Cases of Guam and Hawaii, University of Hawaii Law Review, Vol.18, No.2, 1996.  

    Self-Determination for Nonself governing-Peoples and for Indigenous Peoples: The Cases of Guam and Hawaii, Second National Conference on relations between the United States and American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia, and the Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, May 26, 1994, Washington, D.C. 

    Self-Determination for Nonself-governing Peoples and for Indigenous Peoples: The Cases of Guam and Hawaii. Native Hawaiian Bar Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 28, 1994 

    Co-authored working paper titled Indigenous Rights and International Law: Applications to the proposed Pacific Charter of Human Rights- International Labor Organization (ILO) conference, Geneva, Switzerland, June 1991: Presented in Washington, D.C. 1994. 

    A Comparison of the Immigration, Labor and Business Laws of the United States, Japan, and the People's Republic of China, University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson, School of Law (WSRSL) Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987

    1989 Visa Preferences small, medium and large Institutions & Corporations, University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson, School of Law, (WSRSL), Honolulu, Hawaii 1989. 

    1987 The INS:  Study of Administrative Law, University of Hawaii, (WSRSL). 

    1982 United Nations Refugee Camp Work, Thailand, India, Hong Kong, and Nepal. 
    University of Hawaii, School of Social Work, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1982. 

    FEDERAL PUBLISHED CASE REPORTED IMMIGRATION CASES 
    US V. TAGALIGUD, 84 F3D 1180 (1996) 
    Licensed to practice in Hawaii and Guam 
     
     
    Conferences and Seminars
     
    June 1990: International Labor Organization (ILO) Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
    June 1991:  Chicago (AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION)  (AILA)
    Annual National Immigration Lawyer's Association Conference
    October 1991: San Diego AILA Employment and Labor Conference
    November 1991: Washington D.C. Business Immigration
    November 1991: San Francisco Immigrant Investors Seminar 
    AILA National Board Governors Conference
    January 1992: Puerto Vallarta Mexico, Law Firm Economics and Immigration Practice 
    AILA National Board Governors Conference
    February 1992: Presented seminar on immigration law in Agana, Guam for the law offices of Hartsok and Summerfleck
    June 1992: AILA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
    November 1992: AILA, Annual Conference, San Diego, California 
    January 1993: AILA Mid-year Employment Based Immigration Conference, La Romana, Dominican Republic
    April 1993: AILA Consular & Visa Processing Conference, Los Angeles, California
    June 1993: AILA National Conference, Toronto, Canada
    February 1994: AILA Mid Year Conference, San Diego, California-Immigration Waivers
    June 1994: AILA Annual Conference, San Francisco
    September 1994: AILA California H-1B conference, Los Angeles
    January 1995: AILA Mid Year annual conference, San Diego
    June 1995: AILA Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
    January 1996: AILA Mid Year Conference, Acapulco, Mexico
    June 1996: AILA Annual Conference, South Point, Arizona
    November 1996: AILA, California Conference, San Francisco
    December 1996: AILA California Conference, Los Angeles
    January 1997: AILA Mid-Year Conference-Maui, Hawaii
    June 1997: AILA Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida
     
      Consular Processing Experience

    Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Pakistan, PRC, Canada, Australia, Majuro, Philippines, and Europe: Paris, Rome, Geneva, Fiji, New Zealand.


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