Jim Bickerton is an experienced and accomplished Hawaii Attorney. For more than 35 years he has represented clients in an array of areas, including Commercial and Real Estate Litigation, Consumer Class Actions, Professional Liability, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, and First Amendment and Defamation matters. Jim's skilled and knowledgeable advocacy has led to hundreds of successful outcomes.
Jim has received numerous awards. He has been named among Hawaii’s A+ Attorneys, as well as Best Lawyer in Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Legal Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Plaintiff Medical Malpractice. Jim has also been named a Super Lawyer for consecutive years. Additional honors include recognition from the Hawaii Supreme Court for his pro bono work with the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
Jim was born in England and has lived in Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and Europe. He has been in Hawaii since 1972, where he graduated from Roosevelt High School in Honolulu. Jim received a B.A. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1978, and a J.D. from the U.C.L.A. School of Law in 1981. Outside of work, Jim enjoys spending time with his family. In addition, he still takes on the challenge of big wave surfing and tow-surfing on Oahu’s North Shore.
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Environmental Law
- Legal Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Constitutional Law
- Hawaii (all state and federal courts)
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- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
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- English
- Founding Partner
- Bickerton Law Group LLLP
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- Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
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- UCLA School of Law
- J.D. | Law
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- University of Hawaii - Manoa
- B.A. | Psychology
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- Best Lawyers -- Plantiff Medical Malpractice
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers -- Personal Injury
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers -- Legal Malpractice
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyer -- Real Estate Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyer -- Commercial Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America
- Hawaii Association for Justice
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- Hawaii State Bar Association
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- Activities: Director 1992-1997; Chair, Appellate Issues Committee 2002-2003
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- Hawaii Judicial Selection Commission
- Vice Chair
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- Chief Justice's Special Committee on Adoption on Model Rules of Professional Conduct
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- Report of HSBA Appellate Issues Committee on Hawaii Appellate System
- Hawaii State Bar Association Reports
