About Clarisse Kobashigawa

Clarisse Kobashigawa is the firm's lead attorney in its Honolulu office, concentrating on civil litigation including personal injury cases, complex commercial and business litigation, real property and land use disputes, civil rights matters under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, toxic torts, pharmaceutical litigation, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from Creighton University and her J.D. from Hamline University School of Law, where she received the CALI Award for excellence in Commercial Law. She brings over fifteen years of private practice experience with jury trial experience in Hawaii's federal and state courts and in alternative dispute resolution forums.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Shaheen & Gordon, P.A.

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$3.1 millionVerdict

A federal court found the U.S. government liable for the 1984 murder of FBI informant John McIntyre after agent John Connolly disclosed his identity to Winter Hill Gang leaders Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi, and the First Circuit affirmed the $3.1 million award in 2008.

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts (affirmed 1st Cir. 2008) · 2006Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Hamline University School of Law
J.D.
Creighton University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Hawaii

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$80 Million Settlement for 32 Survivors of Decades of Sexual Abuse at Kamehameha Schools
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$27.7 million · Shell Workers Killed in 1980 Chevron Harbor Fire; Hawaii Jury Awards $27.7 Million
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$4.04 billion · $4.037 Billion Settlement for Maui Wildfire Victims

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.