Mediation Experience
Extensive experience as an MCP volunteer mediator, as an MCP Access ADR domestic mediator, and otherwise, involving the division and distribution of business, retirement, trust, and other more complex assets, and the resolution of atypically challenging divorce tax, child support, and alimony issues. Also, longtime service as a Family Court-appointed Volunteer Settlement Master mediating more financially complex divorce cases.

Education
1966 – Tabor Academy, Marion, Massachusetts (Valedictorian)
1970 – B.A., Psychology and English Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Morehead Scholar)
1975 – J.D., Law, New York University School of Law (Root-Tilden Scholar)

Licenses
Licensed to practice law in Hawaii (1976)

Work Experience
1975: Law Clerk to Senior Federal District Court Judge Gus J. Solomon, Portland, Oregon
1976 – 2019: Douthit and Darrah, Attorneys at Law, and William C. Darrah, AAL, ALC (Matrimonial Practice)
Since 2020: MCP ACCESS ADR Domestic Mediation Panel

Training Received
Neighborhood Justice Center of Hawaii (nka MCP) (Mediation)
American Bar Association Family Law Section (Mediation)
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Arbitration)

Other Experience
Co-Presenter Judiciary’s Monthly Public Education Program "Divorce Law in Hawaii" (since 2002)
Editor-In-Chief HSBA Hawaii Divorce Manual (1992-2019); Co-Editor-In-Chief (since 2021)
Co-Director The Manual Project (since 2021)
Editor Journal of Hawaii Family Law (1992-2019)
Family Court Volunteer Settlement Master (since 2004)
Chairperson, HSBA Family Law Section (1989-1990, 1995, 2005)
MCP Board Member (since 2020)
MCP Divorce Instructor (since 2006)

Awards and Distinctions
Fellowship in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 
Martindale Hubbell AV Rated
Best Lawyers in America First "Hawaii Family Lawyer of the Year"
HSBA C. Frederick Schutte Award for Meritorious Service to the Profession
HSBA Award for Pro Bono Legal Service