David C. Farmer, Successor-Trustee vs. Harmon
(Formerly Woo vs. Harmon & Nicholson vs. Harmon)
U.S. District Court For the District of Hawaii
Judges: David A. Ezra; Kevin S. Chang
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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS
PETER S. ADLER
Peter S. Adler, Ph.D. is President of The Keystone Center, which applies
consensus-building and cutting-edge scientific information to energy, environmental,
and health-related policy problems. The Keystone Center also offers extensive training
and professional education programs to educators and business leaders and runs the
Keystone Science School in the Rocky Mountains. Adler's specialty is multi-party
negotiation and problem solving. He has worked extensively on water management and
resource planning problems and mediates, writes, trains, and teaches in diverse areas
of conflict management. He has worked on cases ranging from the siting of a 25-megawatt geothermal energy production facility to the resolution of construction and
product liability claims involving a multi-million dollar stadium. He has extensive
experience in land planning issues, water problems, marine and coastal affairs, and
strategic resource management.
Prior to his appointment at Keystone, Adler held executive positions with the Hawaii
Justice Foundation, the Hawaii Supreme Court's Center for Alternate Dispute
Resolution (ADR), and the Neighborhood Justice Center. He has served as a Peace
Corps Volunteer in India, an instructor and Associate Director of the Hawaii Bound
School, and President of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution. He has
been awarded the Roberston-Cunninghame Scholar in Residence Fellowship at the
University of New England, New South Wales, Australia, a Senior Fellowship at
the Western Justice Center, and was a consultant to the U.S. Institute for
Environmental Conflict Resolution....
www.keystone.org/general_section/staffbio_2007_leaders.html
Excerpts from the Peter S. Adler Resume:
PETER S. ADLER, Ph.D
Address: 1628 Sts. John Road, Keystone, CO 80435
Fax: (970) 262-0152
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Keystone Center, President
The Accord Group LLC, Partner
Hawaii Justice Foundation, Executive Director
The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution - Supreme Court of Hawaii
Neighborhood Justice Center of Honolulu, Executive Director
Hawaii Bound School, Associate Director
East-West Center, Director of Participant Services
Peace Corps Volunteer
MEDIATION, FACILITATION, AND ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE
> Endangered Species Act. At the request of 6 U.S. Senators, convened and facilitated a six-month multi-sector dialogue aimed at improving the critical habitat provisions of the ESA....
> National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ...
> United States Geological Survey:
... USGS Pacific Basin Information Node. Development of a strategic partnership plan for state, federal, and private sector agencies and organizations....
> All Islands Coasal Zone Managers Regional Meeting, Pacific Island States and Territories. Facilitated a regional strategy for securing new federal resources.
> Makua Implementation Team. U.S. Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Army, and U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers. Facilitated a yearlong technical process that created a scientific and financial plan to stabilize and restore 28 endangered plants and two snails on Oahu.
> Makua Army Garrison. Management and facilitation of public, pre-Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) scoping hearings on the continuation of live-fire military training.
> Commission on Water Resource Management. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Decision and Order. Hearings Officer of Contested Case MO97-1, Kukui Well Permit.
> Tanapag Village Pollution. Assisted negotiations between Commonwealth of Northern Mariana, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over clean up of Tanapag Village.
> Schofield Army Base. Management of public hearings on upgrade of Army Light Brigade to Medium Birgade status.
> Waikoloa Restoration Advisory Board. Facilitated discussions between U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Waikoloa community over ordnance cleanup.
> Maui Water Use and Development Plans. Facilitation of meetings by the Lahaina and Lanai Water Advisory Committees.
> U.S. Department of Justice and Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station. Mediated discussions between military and Native Hawaiians over burial issues under Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
> Molokai Working Group. Appointed by State of Hawaii Commission on Water Resource Management to help diverse community and business representative develop consensus on demand forecasts and bulk water allocations.
> Waikiki Master Plan Advisory Council, City and County of Honolulu. Appointed by Chief Planning Officer to mediate conflicts related to Waikiki redevelopment.
> Lanians for Sensible Growth vs. Castle & Cooke Corporation. Appointed by Land Use Commission. Mediated an agreement settling permitting dispute over the siting of a golf course.
> Water Code Roundtable. Served as mediator for discussions that led to the passage of State’s comprehensive administrative water law, HRS 357. (See http://hawaii.gov/jud/21309op.pdf )
> Waioli Mission House and Grove Farm Homestead, Lihue, Kauai. Facilitator, Board of Directors retreat and planning meeting.
> Olelo: The Corporation for Community Television ...
> The Heptachlor Foundation. Facilitated a transformation strategy to handle the foundation’s remaining corpus. (See http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/sct/2007/24647.htm)
> Fresh Fruit Freezes vs. Gerell Management, Inc. Arbitrated a lengthy leasing dispute between a commercial landlord and tenant.
> Networks, Inc. Facilitated partnership reinvestment and development for a startup technology company.
> State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. General consultation and organizational assistance to board and staff.
> University of Hawaii Board of Regents. Facilitation of internal strategic plans.
> State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Mediated a dispute between the Foundation and various factions at Aiea High School regarding a controversial sculpture by a local artist.
> Hawaii Military Land Use Master Plan. At the request of Helbert, Hastert, & Ree, Planners, facilitated community input for the military land use master plan on Maui, Oahu, Hawaii, and Kauai.
> Waiahole Water System Interim Release Issues. Selected by parties and appointed by Commission on Water Resource Management to help mediate a 17-party administrative litigation on the diversion of 20 million-gallons-per-day of water from the Waiahole Stream.
> Hawaiian Electric Company and The Estate of James Campbell. Appointed to resolve disputes over land condemnation, environmental contamination, and new power line transmission corridors.
> Japan. Facilitated a regional investment strategy for the development of an Asia-Pacific bio-information node.
> Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands - Facilitated meetings between CNMI officials, leaders from Tanapag Village, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and EPA.
> Philippines. Government of the Philippines, Haribon Tanggol, and The Asia Foundation. Evaluation, needs assessment, and training for a national-level environmental mediation system, 1997....
www.kycbs.net/Peter-Adler-Resume.pdf
Peter S. Adler, Ph.D. is expected to testify regarding his business, professional, political and personal relationships with David C. Farmer, James Nicholson, Curtis Ching, Carol Muranaka, The American Arbitration Association, Judith Neustadter Fuqua, Steve Case, Suzanne Case, Henry Paulson, The Peregrine Fund, Gale Norton, Jack Abramoff, Dan Inouye, Daniel Akaka, Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, John Waihee, Ben Cayetano, Linda Lingle, Bob Awana, John Marshall, William McCorriston, Jeff Watanabe, Colbert Matsumoto, William S. Richardson, Oswald Stender, Richard Wong, Peter Savio, The Nature Conservancy, The Hawaii Nature Conservancy, Sukamto Sia, Guido Giacometti, Henry Peters, Diane Plotts, Robert Kihune, Constance Lau, Hawaiian Electric Company, Dee Jay Mailer, First Hawaiian Bank, Evan Dobelle, Hamilton McCubbin, and others to be named upon discovery.
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