Attorney Profile: Myles S. Breiner

BAR MEMBERSHIP

• State of Hawaii
• District of Columbia

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
• Hawai'i Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (HACDL), President 2006, 2007–present
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)

LICENSED TO PRACTICE

• Supreme Court of Hawaii
• U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

EDUCATION

• University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA., Kendrick Hall, School of Law, J.D., 1985
• The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ph.D. Candidate Chinese Economic History and Urban Development, 1977–1980; M.A., Chinese Economic History, 1979; B.A., Political Science and History, 1975
• Taiwan National University, Taipei, Taiwan, Mandarin Language Training Center, Graduate Language student, 1976–1977
• Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Asia Yale-in-China Chinese Language Institute, Graduate student, 1975–1976

EMPLOYMENT

• Private practice, criminal and civil litigation, Honolulu, HI
• Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, HI
• Alameda County District Attorney's Office, Oakland, CA
• California State Attorney General's Office, Criminal Division, San Francisco, CA
• City Attorney, City and County of San Francisco, Special Projects Division, San Francisco, CA
• Speech Writer and Legislative Assistant for U.S. Congressman Robert Garcia (D-NY)

LANGUAGES

Fluent in written and spoken Chinese/Mandarin

PERSONAL DATA

Born: January 20, 1956, Ann Arbor, Michigan