John D. Thomas, Jr. possesses more than 35 years of legal experience and joined Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks in 1980. Mr. Thomas handles personal injury cases, including car accidents, aviation accidents, and products liability matters, and has served as trial counsel for several of Hawaii’s largest medical malpractice cases. He has lectured at legal seminars for attorneys, and he authored a chapter in the Hawaii Motor Vehicle Collision Manual, published in Hawaii in 1990.
Mr. Thomas’s reputation in the Hawaii legal community has earned him the prestigious AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, which signifies the highest level of professional excellence and ethical standards. He is also frequently invited to lecture at legal seminars for attorneys. The Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court appointed Mr. Thomas to the State of Hawaii Rules of Evidence Committee, where he has served since 1993.
Representative cases
- McKenzie v. Hawaii Permanente Med. Group, 98 Hawaii 296, 47 P.3d 1209 (2002)
- Hirahara v. Tanaka, 87 Hawaii 460, 959 P.2d 830 (1998)
- Jenkins v. Whittaker Corp., 551 F.Supp. 110, 545 F.Supp. 1117 (D.C. Hawaii 1982)
- Shibuya v. Architects Hawaii Ltd., 65 Haw. 26, 647 P.2d 276 (1982)
- Calvin v. Limco Ltd., 60 Haw. 154, 587 P.2d 1216 (1978)
- Turner v. Willis, 59 Haw. 319, 582 P.2d 710 (1978)
