Associate

(808) 253-8122 (direct)
kalapa@pacificlaw.com

Mr. Alapa served as a Law Clerk for Winer Meheula and Devens, LLP and the Law Offices of Michael J. Green. In this capacity, Mr. Alapa assisted in a wide array of legal matters, including large State and Federal civil suits and appeals.

From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Alapa was a member of the University of Hawai`i football team as an outside linebacker and achieved numerous awards both on and off the field. In 2005 he joined the Honolulu Police Department’s 150th recruit class. After completing the police academy, Mr. Alapa was awarded the “Most Outstanding Recruit” and “Top Academic” awards. In 2009, Mr. Alapa entered the William S. Richardson School of Law and was named co-champion of the 2010 Susan B. McKay Oral Advocacy Competition and National Champion of the 2011 Native American Moot Court Competition at the Columbia School of Law. In his moot court experience, Mr. Alapa has argued before United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and various federal and state judges in Hawai`i and around the country.

EDUCATION

1999: Kamehameha Schools
2003: University of Hawaii at Manoa
2009: William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005-2009: Police Officer, Honolulu Police Department
2009: Summer Associate, Winer, Meheula & Devens, LLP
2010-2011: Law Clerk, Law Offices of Michael J. Green
Present: Associate, Meheula & Devens, LLP