Michael K. Tateishi

Born and raised in Honolulu, Michael earned two bachelors degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He then graduated from the Gonzaga University School of Law. Michael began his legal career at the Office of the Public Defender in Honolulu. He came to Maui to head the Public Defender’s Maui office in the early ‘80s. Thereafter, Michael never left. He built a successful private criminal defense practice prior to transitioning to civil law practice. For more than 40 years, Michael has dedicated his practice to helping the wrongfully injured. Michael has successfully litigated complex...