Tred R. Eyerly, Associate
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Education

  • B.A., University of the Pacific (1973) J.D.
  • San Francisco Law School (1979)

Tred R. Eyerly, Associate

Tred Eyerly has accumulated a wide variety of litigation skills, having practiced in Alaska, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and now Hawaii.  Tred started his career working for Alaska Legal Services in bush Alaska before moving to Anchorage, working primarily with Alaska Natives on subsistence, sovereignty, and land entitlement issues throughout the state.  He then worked for Micronesian Legal Services on Saipan, representing under-privileged clients confronted with a variety of legal problems.  More recently, Tred has been in private practice both on Saipan and now in Honolulu, concentrating on insurance coverage and commercial litigation.  Examples of his work include:

  • Insurance Coverage: Represents both insurers and insureds on a variety of insurance coverage and bad faith issues.  Maintains a Hawaii`i insurance coverage blog.  Current chair of Hawaii Bar Association’s Insurance Coverage Section. Co–chair of Additional Insureds Subcommittee, ABA, Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee; Co-chair, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee’s website.
  • Business and Commercial Disputes: Handles a wide variety of commercial disputes regarding leases, patents, contracts, etc., through litigation, arbitration and mediation.
  • Personal Injury:Successfully works on numerous types of personal injury suits representing both plaintiffs and defendants in wrongful death, toxic tort, product defects, and general negligence matters.
  • Employment: Represents employers and employees in Title VII matters, wrongful termination, and employee discipline.
  • Appellate Practice: Has handled appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Hawaii Supreme Court, Alaska Supreme Court, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court.
  • Class Actions: Involved in numerous class action suits involving the Voting Rights Act, unlawful termination of service by utility service, employment discrimination, and pursuit of land, subsistence, and sovereignty rights by Alaska Natives.

For a list of reported cases in which Tred has been involved, go here.

He is a long-time runner, international traveler, and avid reader.

Practice Areas: commercial litigation, insurance coverage, employment, dispute resolution.

Admitted to Practice:California (1979); Alaska (1979); Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (1990); Hawaii (1992); United States District Court in Alaska (1985), Hawaii (2001), Northern Mariana Islands (1994); Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1983); United States Supreme Court (1985).

Professional and Community Affiliations

  • Chair, Insurance Coverage Section, Hawaii State Bar Association
  • Co-Editor, ABA, Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee’s Website, Case Notes and Articles
  • Co-Chair, Additional Insureds Subcommittee, ABA, Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee
  • American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Insurance Coverage and Litigation Committee; Tort and Trial Practice Section)
  • Alaska State Bar Association (Indian Law and Employment Sections)
  • State Bar of California
  • Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Bar Association
  • Coordinator, Sierra Club’s Sandy Beach Cleanups
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Whale Count

Publications

  • Author, “The Battle Over Coverage For Construction Defects” (Hawaii Bar Journal - March 2012)
  • Author, “Exclusions Got You Down? Consider Coverage for Ensuing Losses” (Coverage – Jan./Feb. 2011)
  • Of Woodchucks and Prune Yards: A View of Judicial Takings From the Trenches, 35 Vt. L. Rev. 437 (2010) (with Robert H. Thomas and Mark M. Murakami)
  • Co-author, “Getting Around LHWCA’s Exclusive Remedy Roadblock - Employee’s Claims Against Employer and Insurer for Intentional Torts” (Coverage - July/August 2010)
  • Co-author, Hawaii Real Estate Law Manual (Vol. II, Hawaii State Bar Association, 2010)
  • Co-author, The Annotated Construction Law Glossary (ABA Publishing 2010)
  • Author, “Breadth of the Flood Exclusion: A Flood is a Flood, Including, Storm Surge” (ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Hot Topics Website June 2009)
  • Co-author, Bad Faith Insurance Claims (Sterling Education Services, Inc. Jan. 2009)
  • Contributor, A State-by-State guide to Construction and Design law (2d. Ed. ABA Publishing 2009)
  • Co-author, Top Nine Issues in Insurance Coverage (Lorman Education Services Nov. 2008)
  • Co-author, 2007-2008 Construction Law Update: Case Law & Legislation Affecting the Construction Industry (ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, Division 10 2008)
  • Contributor - Hawaii Legislative and Case Law Update for Construction Lawyer, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Co-author, Insurance Law: Third Party Coverage in Hawaii (NBI Aug. 2004)
  • Co-author, Development of the Tort of Bad Faith (Lorman Education Services Feb. 2005)
  • Co-author, Development of the Tort of Bad Faith (NBI July 2005)
  • Co-author, Development of the Tort of Bad Faith (Lorman Education Services Feb. 2006)
  • Co-author, Emerging Insurance Issues (Hawaii State Bar Journal Feb. 2007)
  • Author, Insurance Blog - http://insurancelawhawaii.com
  • Guest blogger, LexisNexis Insurance Law Center, Top 50 Blogger Series, http://law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/Insurance-Law
  • Contributor, “Are You Covered,” online publication of ABA Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee

Conferences and Seminars

  • Speaker - “Do Lower Premiums Pay? Issues in High Deductibles/SIR and Retrospectively Rated Policies” (ABA, Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Seminar - March 2, 2012)
  • Speaker - “Insurance Bad Faith Claims” (Sterling Education Services, Inc., August 18, 2011); Co-Author on Written Materials for Seminar
  • Speaker – “Ensuing Loss: Deny My Claim If You Must, But Cover My Resulting Loss” (ABA, Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Seminar – March 4&5, 2011)
  • Speaker - “Transfer of Coverage Under the Predecessor’s Liability Policies or Corporate Transactions - What Happened to the Insurance Policy?”(ABA, Section of Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee seminar -  March 6, 2009)
  • Speaker - Bad Faith Insurance Claims (Sterling Education Services, Inc., Jan. 22, 2009)
  • Speaker - Top 9 Issues in Insurance Coverage (Lorman Education Services, Nov. 6, 2008)
  • Speaker - Development of Tort of Bad Faith (Lorman Education Services, Feb. 28, 2006)
  • Speaker - “Pro Bono Litigation,” Federal District Bar Conference (Feb. 1996)