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 Born
in Chicago, Illinois in 1939, Wayne grew up in
Washington State and Northern California. He attended
Stanford University, graduating in 1961 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree. After a summer of unescorted
travel through the Soviet Union, Scandinavia,
and Northern Europe, he entered Hastings College
of the Law in San Francisco, from which he graduated
in 1964.
After graduation and upon admission to the California
Bar in 1965, Wayne again took a break by traveling
alone through 38 mainland states over three months.
Upon return to real life, he accepted a position
with the Federal Trade Commission where he handled
major antitrust investigations and prosecutions,
and received the FTC Award For Meritorious Service.
During his tenure with the FTC, he was a frequent
guest lecturer at undergraduate and graduate schools
in Southern California in the areas of antitrust
and trade regulations.
In 1967, Wayne was offered a position in San Diego,
California as Assistant General Counsel to a New
York Stock Exchange listed company embroiled in
the "West Coast Pipe Antitrust Litigation",
one of largest and most complex antitrust cases
then pending in the United States. This opportunity
offered concentrated experience working with the
finest business lawyers and litigators in the
United States. In 1969, Wayne joined with three
of these lawyers and formed one of the first specialized
law firms in the United States, limiting its practice
to business and trade association counseling and
litigation, with an emphasis on antitrust matters.
During the period of growth of the new firm, Wayne
represented companies in litigation and other
matters in over 15 mainland states, traveling
extensively. The firm grew rapidly from the original
four, and numbered 20 lawyers with offices in
San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles when
Wayne left to start a new career in Hawaii.
The decision to leave his very successful practice
and begin anew was prompted by traveling to Hawaii
in connection with a federal court action in Honolulu.
The exposure to Hawaii grew rapidly from a fondness
to a real love of the State, the lifestyle, the
people, and the cultures. Therefore in 1975, after
significant soulsearching, Wayne resigned from
his mainland partnership and moved with his family
to Hawaii. He accepted a position as Adjunct Professor
of Law at the University of Hawaii Law School
and Special Assistant Attorney General for the
State of Hawaii in antitrust matters.
 After
time spent planning and considering the conditions
under which he wanted to practice law, in 1980
Wayne opened his own law offices. The law firm
has continued to evolve, but has never lost the
sense of purpose and client orientation. Wayne
continues to specialize in business, real estate,
trade association, and antitrust matters. Wayne
is currently General Counsel to the Hawaii Association
of REALTORS®, the Honolulu Board of REALTORS®,
and the Kauai Board of REALTORS® and is a certified
instructor for the real estate industry.
Wayne is a member of the Bars of the States of
California and Hawaii, the United States Supreme
Court, the United States Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit, and various United States District
Courts. He has served as Chair of the U.S. District
Court's Committee for Proposed New Local Rules,
Chair of the Merit Selection Panel for U.S. Magistrates
for the District of Hawaii, and Secretary of the
Hawaii State Bar Association. He was selected
by the Federal District Court in Hawaii as lawyer
representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial conference
for three years. Wayne volunteers as an arbitrator
in the Court Annexed Arbitration Program of the
Hawaii First Circuit Court and serves as a Hearing
Panel member for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.
Wayne enjoys hiking in Hawaii and the Sierras,
and has trekked in the Himilayas (Tibet, Bhutan,
and Sikkim) and other parts of the world. |
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