2025-06-21 PL-INT-2025-010805 Law Offices of Sherry P. Broder - Category PL.7

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RE : Statement of Qualification and Expression of Interest of Sherry P. Broder, June 21, 2025 ocean law, public trust law, environmental law, land use, class actions, and representation of luxury hotels in Hawai ' i . I graduated from the University of California at Berkeley Law School in 1976 and I earned the honor of Order of the Coif (top 100) . I was the first woman President in 1993 in the 92-year history of the Hawai ' i State Bar Association. I was the 2016 President of the Federal Bar Association of Hawai ' i . I concentrate in complex civil litigation, class actions, constitutional law, appellate practice, international law, ocean law, water rights, land use and environmental law, human rights, and rights of Native Hawaiians and other indigenous people. I serve as a mediator, arbitrator and hearings officer for state and federal government agencies, Hawai ' i Supreme Court and other courts, and private parties . I have been appointed as an arbitrator and consultant in international ocean law matters . I have been a consultant to the Foreign Ministry for the Republic of Turkey and the United Nations Permanent Mission of the Federated States of Micronesia. I have received recognition for my professional work both nationally and locally. In March 2015, I was awarded the Solo and Small Firm Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes solo and small-firm attorneys who are widely accepted by their peers as having significant lifetime distinction, exceptional achievement and distinction in an exemplary way. Awardees are viewed by other solo and small-firm practitioners as epitomizing the ideals of the legal profession and of solo and small-firm practitioners . I was awarded the first Cox Price Human Rights Award by the Nanda Institute of International Law, University of Denver Law School in 2007 and the Temple Emanuel, Honolulu, Justice Award in 2007 . I was one of eight finalists for the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice for three years (1994, 1996, and 1997) . I was selected as Solo Practitioner of the Year (1993) by the General Practice Section of the American Bar Association out of 255, 000 attorneys nationwide . I was selected Outstanding Woman Attorney (1986) by the Hawai ' i Women Lawyers . I was the recipient of the National Wildlife Federation, Conservation Service Citation (1985) . In March 2018, I was awarded the Corporate Sector Award 3