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FRANCIS P. HOGAN is a partner with Ashford & Wriston, where his areas of practice include litigation, green building and sustainable development, with an emphasis in general civil litigation and arbitration, construction litigation and environmental litigation. As a member of the firm's litigation section, he focuses his practice on quiet title disputes and environmental, construction, condemnation, and general commercial litigation. Mr. Hogan has a broad range of trial and appellate experience in both state and federal courts. He participates in the management of the firm as the chair of the firm's litigation area of practice, and as secretary to the partnership. Mr. Hogan serves as an arbitrator in the State Court Annexed Arbitration Program. He is a member of the Natural Resources and the Intellectual Property and Technology sections of the Hawaii State Bar Association and has served as co-chair of its Long Range Planning Committee. Mr. Hogan has served as a delegate to the Judicial Conference of the U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii. He also participated in the Hawaii State Judiciary's 1991 Judicial Foresight Conference and the 1993 Hawaii State Judicial Conference. Mr. Hogan also is a member of the Litigation and Environmental Law sections of the American Bar Association. He earned his B.S. degree from the U.S. Military Academy and his J.D. degree from Stanford University. LISA WOODS MUNGER is a partner in the Honolulu law firm of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLP, where she practices in the area of environmental law and handles a wide variety of commercial litigation. She is the editor and writer of the Hawaii Environmental Law Handbook. Ms. Munger has published articles, lectured and participated in conference panels on the subject of compliance with environmental laws and regulations. She is a member of the State Bar of California and the Hawaii State and American (member; Antitrust, Natural Resources and Public Utilities sections) bar associations. Ms. Munger earned her A.B. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and her J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. She also is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers. CHARLES R. PRATHER is an attorney at RCO Hawaii LLLC, where his practice includes representing lenders in a wide range of litigated matters and assisting in foreclosure claims. He has been in practice in Hawaii for nine years and has an extensive background in civil litigation, including both plaintiff and defense work. Mr. Prather earned his B.A. degree from the University of Hawaii at West Oahu and his J.D. degree from the University of Oregon. He is admitted to the Hawaii State Bar Association. NEIL J. VERBRUGGE is a partner at the law firm of Wagner Choi & Verbrugge in Honolulu. His practice focuses on insolvency, business and commercial litigation matters, both in federal bankruptcy court, federal district court and state courts. Mr. Verbrugge has been the trial attorney in numerous contested evidentiary hearings in bankruptcy courts. His practice includes fraudulent transfer, preference, lien priority, equitable subordination, nondischargeability, claim objections/allowance, automatic stay and jurisdictional litigation in bankruptcy courts. Mr. Verbrugge has a wide range of experience in commercial real estate foreclosure, both for lenders and borrowers. He has represented parties dealing with issues arising in judicial foreclosure proceedings; appointment of receivers; sales process; credit-bid rights; lender liability; second lien lender rights; confirmation proceedings; and bankruptcy litigation matters relating to real estate, including automatic stay relief and property of the estate issues. Mr. Verbrugge earned his B.S.S. degree, cum laude, from Cornell College and his J.D. degree, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law, where he was a member of the Iowa Law Review. He is a previous lecturer in his areas of expertise. Mr. Verbrugge is a member of the Hawaii State (member, Bankruptcy Law Section, Collection Law Section) and American bar associations, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
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