Naoko C. Miyamoto

Associate

Naoko C. Miyamoto is an Associate Attorney at Kleintop, Luria & Medeiros, LLP, who practices family law with an emphasis on retirement interests and benefits.  Ms. Miyamoto was born in Kobe, Japan and later settled in the United States, graduating from University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree.  She then attended the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree. 

Ms. Miyamoto was a Law Clerk to Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba of the Hawaii State Supreme Court.  She was also a Comments Editor on the University of Hawaii Law Review, and authored a law review article. 

Ms. Miyamoto is admitted to all state courts of Hawaii, and speaks fluent Japanese. 

Education

• J.D., William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii
  - Comments Editor, University of Hawaii Law Review
  - Author, "From Mago to Duffield: Recent Developments in the Enforceability of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements of Title VII Claims in the Ninth Circuit," 21 University of Hawaii Law Review 779 (1999).
• B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Admissions

• Hawaii State Bar

Previous Experience

• Law Clerk, Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba, Hawaii Supreme Court, 2000-2001

Professional Associations & Memberships

• Hawaii State Bar Association, Member
  - Section: Family Law
• American Bar Association, Member
  - Section: Family Law
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now known as The American Association for Justice), Member