Gary O. Galiher
Senior Partner, Lead Trial Attorney

Practice Areas

Asbestos Litigation; Personal Injury; Product Liability

Admitted

1977, Hawaii, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii
1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

William S. Richardson School of Law at University of Hawaii (J.D., 1977 )

College

University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1968); University of Hawaii (M.A., 1971, J.D., 1977)

Text

Co-Author: Chapter, "Settlement Strategy & Tactics," Asbestos Health Effects, Treatment and Control, V. 11 of Sourcebook on Asbestos Disease, 1995
"The Legal Aspects of the Latex Protein Allergy Epidemic", Hawaii Medical Journal, Vol. 58, No. 6, June 1999.

Member

Hawaii State Bar Association
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Reported Cases

  • In re Hawaii Federal Asbestos Cases:
    • Kaiu, Sawyer, et al., 960 F.2d 806 (9th Cir. 1992);
    • Nobriga v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., 67 Haw. 157, 683 P.2d 389 (1984);
    • Johnson v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., 69 Haw. 287, 740 P.2d 548 (1987);
  • In re Hawaii Federal Asbestos Cases:
    • Nakagawara, Lee-Kwai, et.al., 715 F. Supp. 298 (D. Haw. 1988);
    • Johnson v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., 829 F.2d 907 (9th Cir. 1987);
  • In re Hawaii Federal Asbestos Cases:
    • Chang, Chun, 847 F.2d 523 (9th Cir. 1988);
  • In re Hawaii Federal Asbestos Cases:
    • (Judge Belloni's consolidated Pearl Harbor cases), 665 F.Supp. 1454 (D. Haw. 1986);
    • Hao v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 738 P.2d 416 (1987);
  • In re Hawaii Federal Asbestos Cases:
    • Carvalho, 871 F.2d 891 (9th Cir. 1989);
    • Carvalho v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., 794 F.2d 454 (9th Cir. 1986).

 


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