Richard Naiwieha Wurdeman has been vigorously defending and protecting the rights and interests of his clients, with excellence and compassion, for over two decades.  He has successfully represented clients in serious personal injury and medical malpractice matters, skillfully defended individuals in major felony and in other criminal proceedings, fought for social justice in civil rights cases, effectively represented various labor unions in ensuring and protecting the rights of workers, and litigated some of the larger and more significant land use, real property, and Native Hawaiian Rights cases in Hawaii. Richard and his staff provide the attention, skill, trustworthiness and commitment to each and every client that they serve.

Richard grew up on Oahu and graduated from the Kamehameha Schools in 1983.  He received his B.A. in Economics from the University of California-Berkeley in 1987, his J.D. from the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii in 1993, and an LL.M. (advanced law degree) from the Boalt Law School, University of California-Berkeley in 1999.

Richard is licensed and admitted to practice before the Hawaii Supreme Court and the Hawaii courts, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.  He has represented clients before the Hawaii Supreme Court and Intermediate Court of Appeals, in all of the circuits throughout Hawaii, before the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, before numerous federal and state administrative agencies, and in numerous arbitrations and mediations.

Richard is the past President and a current Director of the Native Hawaiian Bar Association and is a member of the American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, and the Hawaii State Bar Association and numerous specialty sections of these associations.  He has appeared as a speaker and facilitator at forums at the University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law; a guest on television and radio talk shows dealing with legal issues; and has been interviewed and quoted in a number of cases and on legal issues by the media. Richard is actively involved in community events and organizations and has also provided extensive pro bono services to the indigent and underprivileged in Hawaii.