Wai'anae, HI

Anson O. Rego

Born and raised in Hawaii, Anson O. Rego has received education from Punahou High School, Claremont McKenna College, and George Washington University National Law Center (with honors). He has tried jury cases in Circuit Criminal and Civil courts and argued cases before Federal and State of Hawai’i judges, including the Hawai’i Supreme Court. In 1963 he was part of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. From June 1968 - December 1970 he was acting as the Deputy Attorney General at the Office of the Attorney General and participated in military service as a United States Army Captain. In January 1971, he was in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, City & County of Honolulu. In April 1972 he was a Practicing Attorney at the Law Firm of Kirimitsu and Dewa, Attorneys at Law. From October 1973 - Present, Anson O. Rego owns a general practice that covers probate, estate planning, real property law, family & civil law, and business. Our practice now focuses on workers’ compensation injuries, automobile injuries, & estate planning.

Arianne M.C. Nakoa

Arianne M.C. Nakoa is an associate attorney at Rego & Nakoa, Attorneys at Law, A Law Corporation. She earned her law degree from the University of Hawai’i, William S. Richardson School of Law, where she studied in the Evening Part-Time Program while working for Anson Rego full time as a legal assistant since 2011. Ms. Nakoa assisted Mr. Rego in preparing for CAAP arbitration hearings, trial in First Circuit Court, hearings before the Disability Compensation Division, and trials before the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board. While in law school, Ms. Nakoa was a teaching assistant for Legal Research and a Law School Ambassador. Ms. Nakoa was also a member of the International Environmental Law Moot Court Team where she argued against competitors from all over the world. In 2021, Ms. Nakoa was awarded third best oralist for the preliminary rounds of the North American Regional Round. Ms. Nakoa holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Born & raised in Hawaii, she is a graduate of Kahuku High & Intermediate School where she participated in activities like Speech and Debate, We the People, Model U.N., and cheerleading.