Alan Van Etten Partner
E-mail: ave@kpvlaw.com
Telephone: 808.237.5545
Direct Facsimile: 808.237.5792
Listed in the “Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White” and possessing the highest (“AV”) rating by his peers, as reported by Martindale Hubbell, Mr. Van Etten's practice emphasizes civil litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith matters. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum as a personal injury lawyer. Mr. Van Etten has been admitted to practice in all courts in the State of Hawaii, the Northern District Court for the State of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mr. Van Etten earned a B.A. degree from Yale University, and a juris doctor degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkley (1972). Mr. Van Etten is a past President, Vice President, and Treasurer of the Hawaii State Bar Association, and currently represents the State of Hawaii in the American Bar Association House of Delegates, where he serves on the Nominating Committee.
Mr. Van Etten has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Tort and Insurance Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii. He was a co-founder and the first Chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association. He is a past Vice Chair and currently Midyear Program Chair for the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association. He has written and spoken at more than 40 seminars or presentations on insurance coverage and bad faith claims since 1996.
Mr. Van Etten is also President of the Board of Directors of Hina Mauka, and a Member of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary of the American Bar Association (2008-2011).