RESOLUTION THROUGH MEDIATION is a national employment law, personal injury and medical malpractice, and intellectual property mediation firm based in Honolulu, Hawai'i .

Elizabeth Jubin Fujiwara, founder and principal, is a trained and experienced mediator who is especially effective with hostile and litigious parties because of her two decades of trial experience as a lawyer handling employment law, discrimination, civil rights, and labor law cases. She is also available as a neutral fact-finder in employment matters.

Ms. Fujiwara has served as the Senior Trial Attorney for the EEOC in Hawai'i and the Pacific Basin . She is the founder and was president of the National Employment Lawyers Association of Hawai'i from 1993 to 1996. She holds a Masters Degree in Social Work with a focus on counseling and community development.

Earlier in her career (1986), Ms. Fujiwara headed up her own law firm, which is considered by some to have been the vanguard for employment law in Hawai'i . She has also focused her practice in the areas of tort issues and intellectual property law, and also represents entertainers in contract negotiation.

Year Joined Organization

• 2004

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Employment Law Mediation
• Civil Rights Mediation
• Labor Law Mediation
• Intellectual Property Mediation
• Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Mediation
• Sexual Harassment Mediation and Litigation
• Employee Rights Litigation
• Neutral Fact-Finder in Employment Matters
• Entertainment Representation and Contract Negotiation

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii
• Colorado
• U.S. District Court District of Hawaii
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Education

• University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1983
  J.D.
  Law Review: William S. Richardson School of Law Law Review, 1982 - 1983
  
  
• Professional Mediation Associates, Mill Valley, California, 2004
  Certificate, Comprehensive Mediation Training
  
  
• Arbitration Training, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1992
  Certificate in Arbitration
  
  
• University of Hawaii School of Social Work, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1971
  M.S.W.
  
  
• Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1967
  B.A. in Sociology
  
  

Published Works

• Cause of Action for Post-Ellerth/Faragher Title VII Employment Sexual Harassment Claims (with Joyce M. Brown), Causes of Action, 2d (Clark Boardman Callaghan), 27 COA2d 1, 2005
• Our Rights, Our Lives, Sponsored by the Hawaii Women Lawyers, 3rd ed., 1996
• Employee Rights Under Judicial Scrutiny: Prevalent Discourse and the Hawaii Supreme Court, University of Hawaii Law Review, Summer, 1992
• Proving Damages in a Sexual Harassment Case, Trial, Vol. 30, No 4, 1994
• Sexual Harassment and Litigation Strategies: Plaintiff Attorney's Perspective, Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Feb. 12, 1993, pp. 35-64
• Sexual Harassment and Litigation Strategies: Plaintiff Attorney's Perspective (reprinted by permission), Employee Advocacy, Summer, 1993, p. 2
• ATLA Employment Section Newsletter, Editor and Frequent Contributor, 1995-96

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Sexual Harassment and Litigation Strategies: Plaintiff Attorney's Perspective, ATLA Annual Convention, 1993
• Handbooks and Disclaimers: Claims and Issues, ATLA Annual Convention, 1994
• Effective Techniques in Handling Harassment Cases, NELA Conference, 1994

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Woman Lawyer - Hawaii, 1987

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Employment Lawyers Association-Hawaii
  Founder, Chapter President
  
  
• National Employment Lawyers Association-Hawaii, 1993 - 1996
  President
  
  
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America: Employment Section, 1997 - 1998
  National Chair
  
  
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America: Employment Section, 1992 - 1997
  National Officer
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• EEOC for Hawaii and the Pacific Basin, Senior Trial Attorney, 2001 - 2003
• Law Office of Elizabeth Jubin Fujiwara, 1986 - 2001
• Judge Walter Heen, Intermediate Court of Appeals, Hawaii, Judicial Clerk, 1984 - 1986