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Selected Professional Activities
Member:

  • Hawaii Supreme Court Permanent Committee on Rules of Penal Procedure (1989 - 2006)
  • Hawaii Supreme Court Permanent Committee on Standard Criminal Jury Instructions (Co-Chairman 1990 - 2006)
  • Hawaii Supreme Court Permanent Committee on Rules of Evidence (1993- present)
  • Hawaii Supreme Court Committee on Substance Abuse (1990 - 1991)
  • State Judicial Conference Delegate
  • Federal Judicial Conference Delegate
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
    (1979 - present)
  • Hawai`i Supreme Court Disciplinary Board
    (2007 – present)
  • American Board of Criminal Lawyers
    (1979 - present) - (Governor 1981 - 1986)
  • Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
    (Director 1976 - 1981)
  • Ninth Circuit, US District Court Lawyer Representative (1998 - 1999)
  • Mental Health Association of Maui
    (Director 2004 – present)
  • Maui Drug Court Program
    (Drug Court Team 1999 – present)
  • The Best Lawyers of America
    (1983 - present)
  • Maui Hui Malama Learning Center
    (Director 2008 – present)
  • Maui Economic Concerns of the Community
    (Director 2008 – present)
  • Papa Ola Lokahi Institutional Review Board
    (Member 2008 – present)

Instructor:

  • University of Hawaii Community Colleges
    “Rules of Evidence” (1978 - 2005)
  • Hawaii Institute for Continuing Education, (HICLE)
    Trial Advocacy Training for Lawyers
  • Annual Hawaii Public Defender Training Seminar
    (1988 - 2005)
  • National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA)
    (Trainings in Hawaii, Washington, Idaho & Guam)
  • Albert Einstein Institute – panelist
    Judge/Lawyer Genetics and Law Training (2001)
  • Rules of Evidence Seminars
    Sponsored by Family Law Section, Maui Bar Association
    Trainer 2008, 2009

Philip H. Lowenthal

The Best Lawyers of America (1983 - present)

Martindale & Hubbell rating: AV

Education:

Univ. of California (Berkeley) B.A. 1966
Univ. of California (Berkeley) J.D. 1969

Licensed to Practice:

State of Hawaii (1970)
State of California (1970)
U.S. District Courts Hawaii,
Northern California (1970)
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit (1982)
U.S. Tax Court (2009)
U.S. Supreme Court (1978)

Employment:

1970 – 1979: State of Hawaii, Supervising Public Defender for Maui County
1981 – 2002: Lowenthal & August
2002 - Present: Law Office of Philip H. Lowenthal

Practice:

Federal & State Trials
Civil & Criminal
Complex Litigation