Geoffrey Hamilton
Work in Hamilton and Chan LLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 53 years of experience
Family Law, Child Custody, Property
1003 Bishop Street, Suite 1188, Honolulu, HI 96813
About Geoffrey Hamilton
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Child Custody
- Property
Education
- Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 1968J.D.
- The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, 1965B.A.
- Major: History
- Riverdale Country School, New York, New York, 1961
- Town School, Lick-Wilmerding School, San Francisco, California, 1958
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker - ABA Family Law Section Annual Meeting, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2006
- Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education and Pacific Law Institute, Lecturer and Panelist, 1977 - 1998
- Law for the Non-Lawyer, University of Hawaii, 1978 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Hawaii, 1970
- U.S. Federal Court, 1970
Other Affiliations
- Family Court of the First Circuit of Hawaii, 1988 - Present (Appointed Master Special)
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1981 - Present (Fellow)
- Hawaii State Bar Association, 1970 - Present (Member)
- Family Law Section, Hawaii State Bar Association, 1988 - Present (Chairperson (1990-92 and 1996))
- State of Hawaii Criminal Injuries Compensation Committee , 1986 - 1991 (Chairperson)
- Hawaii Defense Lawyers Association, Secretary, 1987
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1992 - 1994 (Board Member, Hawaii Lawyers Care)
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1992 - Present (Certified Arbitrator)
- Hawaii Supreme Court Committee on Divorce Proceedings, 2000 - 2001 (Member)
- Family Law Section, Special Guardian Ad Litem Committee (Co-Chair (1994-1995, 2000))
- Family Law Section, Hawaii State Bar Association, 1990 - Present (Member of Board of Directors)
- Hawaii Defense Lawyers Association , 1985 - 1989 (Secretary/Director)
- Village Maluhia Condominium Association, 1981 - 1982 (President)
- Honolulu Chapter of American Cancer Society, 1985 - 1987 (Board Member)
- Hawaii International Child Placement and Family Services, Inc., 1978 - 1990 (Board Member and Officer)
- Kaneohe Neighborhood Board (Past Member)
Articles
Published Works
- Editor, Child Custody Section, Hawaii Divorce Manual
- "Relocation Issues", (Co-Author), ABA Family Law Compendium, 2006
- "Why is My Client Nuts?...An Inquiry into The Psychodynamics of Divorce", (Co-Author), ABA Family Law Compendium, 1989
- "Why is My Client Nuts?...An Inquiry into The Psychodynamics of Divorce", (Co-Author), ABA Family Law Compendium, 1993
- "How to be Effective with Your Divorce Clients", ABA Family Law Compendium, 1997
- "How to Survive Divorce", ABA Family Advocate, 1990
- "Divorce: The Emotional Rollercoaster", ABA Family Advocate, Winter, 1990
- "Why is My Clients Nuts?".. Dealing with Different Divorce Client, II Hawaii Bar Journal, No: 13, 1998
- "The Nuttiness of Divorce", ABA Family Advocate, Vol. 22 No. 1.
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 16 years of experienceFamily Law, Child Custody, Divorce, Property, Collaborative Law
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- Child Custody
- Property
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