| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: 6/02 to Hargrave & Hargrave Santa Monica, CA 8/04 LITIGATION SERVICES FORENSIC MANAGER Provide financial expertise in damages litigation and family law. Prepare business valuations, cash flow analysis and loss earnings projections. Perform forensic tracing and asset searches. Draft declarations, document requests and correspondence. Research caselaw and advise attorneys. Manage cases and supervise staff. 3/00 to Miod & Company Sherman Oaks, CA 5/02 LITIGATION SERVICES FORENSIC MANAGER Provide financial expertise in damages litigation and family law. Prepare business valuations, cash flow analysis and loss earnings projections. Perform forensic tracing and asset searches. Draft declarations, document requests and correspondence. Research caselaw and advise attorneys. Accounts receivable collections manager with duties including filing complaints, attaching liens and garnishments, asset searches, and managing outside counsel and insurance issues. Manage cases and supervise staff. 9/98 to Kery Kamita, CPA/Attorney At Law Honolulu, HI/San Diego, CA 2/00 SOLE PRACTITIONER CPA/ATTORNEY Project-based assignments as a CPA including auditing and revising financial statements, litigation support, creating internal review procedures, and reconciling corporate pension accounts. Attorney specializing in estate planning, contracts, business formations, leases and debt collections. 3/95 to HTH Corporation and its Subsidiaries Honolulu, Hawaii 9/98 IN-HOUSE COUNSEL and CFO Third ranking officer of a hotel and property management company with $75 million in revenues and 1,300 employees. CFO duties include maintaining relationships with major banks and ensuring compliance with debt covenants; creating cash flow spreadsheets and managing cash flow; reviewing budgets and investigating variances; purchasing insurance, monitoring claims and resolving insurance related disputes. Sole in-house counsel with experiences including negotiating a $100 million loan; resolving employment issues including sexual harassment and unlawful termination; negotiating and draft contracts including leases and collective bargaining agreements; co-counseling litigation; Also served as property management division head managing over 200 commercial and residential tenants. 9/91 to Char Sakamoto Ishii & Lum, Attorneys at Law Honolulu, Hawaii 3/95 ATTORNEY Practice of law including estate planning, federal and state taxation, leases and contracts, forming and dissolving corporations and partnerships, purchasing and selling businesses, debt collection, aviation law, bankruptcy, and Public Utility Commission licensing. 6/84 to KPMG Peat Marwick Honolulu, Hawaii 8/89 SUPERVISING SENIOR AUDITOR Performed audits, reviews and compilations of corporate financial statements; supervised staff accountants; assisted in the preparation of tax returns; directed internal accounting control analysis, conducted tax research and financial planning consultations. Emphasis on insurance and health care organizations. LICENSES/EDUCATION: Attorney licensed in California and Hawaii. CPA licensed in California and Hawaii. Real Estate Broker licensed in California. Juris Doctorate Degree- May, 1992, The William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii. Scholarship. Law Review. B.S. Degree, Accounting- June 1984, University of San Francisco. 3.85 G.P.A. |