Honors and Awards:

• Community Service Award, Centro Legale de la Raza, 1983

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, Asian American Bar Association, State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, Senator Barbara Boxer's Judicial Screening Committee

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Government Liability – Motor Vehicle Accident - Blind-Spot Created Unsafe Intersection:  $275,000 Settlement Our clients were traveling straight through an intersection on a green light when the defendant driver attempted to make a left turn, also on a green light, and hit our clients’ car.  The defendant driver did not see our clients’ vehicle because of a blind-spot created in the intersection due to a mass public transit support column in the median of the road.  This intersection has been the site of many car accidents under similar circumstances, and had been well documented by the city since the early 1970s.  One client suffered fractured C6 and C7 vertebrae which were required to be fused.  She was forced to wear a “halo,” a neck brace that is fixated to the body and head, for three months.  The City settled the case out of court.
• Wrongful Death – Accident in Company Vehicle:  $725,000 Settlement Our clients were the surviving wife and daughter of a man who died from a motor vehicle accident.  After a long day of transporting clients to Pebble Beach and an evening of karaoke, the decdent fell asleep in the backseat of a company owned van, when the van, driven by a company employee who fell asleep, veered off of the road and crashed.  He later died at the hospital as a result of the injuries suffered during the accident.  The employee driving the van had the company’s permission to use the vehicle.  The wife and daughter filed a lawsuit based on future wage loss the husband provided, medical expenses, funeral costs, and loss of consortium.  The case was settled with the employer before going to trial.  , 2001
• Rear-end collision - $650,000 settlement for rear end collision which caused fracture of vetebra of 84 year old man.  Damages included compensation for future loss of enjoyment of life and compromise of lifestyle., 2007
• Taxi Cab vs. Pedestrian:  $1 Million Settlement A 65 year-old retired woman was hit by a taxi cab while walking in the crosswalk in San Francisco. She suffered traumatic brain injury resulting in vision problems, headaches, cognitive defects, personality changes, lack of coordinated muscle movements, incontinence, difficulties with memory and attention span and depression. After mediation, the case was settled for the policy limits of the taxi cab’s policy.  Dale Minami, Mark Fong and Seth Rosenberg represented the Plaintiff., 2008
• Garbage Truck vs Pedestrian: $3.5 Million settlement A 62 year old mechanic, was crossing the street to warm up his car early in the morning. While in the crosswalk he was struck by a garbage truck.  As his son was walking to the car, he discovered his father laying in the street next to the parked truck. He suffered a fractured skull, brain damage, broken ribs and was diagnosed with cognitive defects after recovering from his other injuries. After vigorous litigation, defendants paid a settlement which will care for the plaintiff for the rest of his life.  Dale Minami and Mark Fong represented the Plaintiffs., 2010
• Commercial Truck vs Pedestrian: $5 Million Settlement A 75 year-old mother of 5 and grandmother of 10 was out for her morning walk. While crossing the street in the crosswalk, she was struck on her left side by a commercial truck. After striking her, the truck rolled over the lower half of her body and dragged her approximately 6 feet. She suffered a crushed pelvis and required multiple surgeries, including amputation of her left leg.  The settlement provided our client with lifetime medical and home care so she never had to worry about her future.Dale Minami, Mark Fong, Seth Rosenberg, and Eunice Yang represented the Plaintiff., 2010
• Rental car vs. automobile - $1 Million settlement, policy limits. Case involved an interesection collision in which our client was struck by a left turning rental car and suffered neck injuries. Surgeons at a SF hospital operated on him but partially severed his spinal cord rendering him a hemiplegic.  We recovered the policy limits of the driver's insurance policy, settled a claim for reimbursement of medical bills and disability payments of $660,000by the workers compensation insurance company for $25,000 and no credit for future benefits, thus guaranteeing our client lifetime care. , 2011

Representative Clients:

• Kristi Yamaguchi, Wendy Tokuda, Sydnie Kohara, Carolyn Tyler, Vic Lee, Heather Ishimaru, Ceclia Vega, Marla Tellez, David Louie, Carolyn Johnson, Lawrence Karnow

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Honorary Juris Doctor Degree from McGeorge School of Law, 1995
• Dormitory at U.C. Santa Cruz named "Queen Liliokalani-Minami: dormatory, 1997
• Honorary Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Frnacisco School of Law, 2010

Educational Background:

• Bachelor's of Arts, University of Southern California, Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi., 1968
• Juris Doctor, University of California at Berkeley, 1971