Erik A. Rask is an associate at Deeley King Pang & Van Etten whose practice is focused on insurance coverage and insurance bad faith disputes against insurers, and other select civil litigation.

Education

• University of Hawai‘i at Hilo (BBA, 2005)

• William S. Richardson School of Law (J.D., 2017)

Representative Cases

• Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, et al. v. State of Hawaii, et al., Civil No. 1CCV-22-0001061 (JMT), Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai‘i (summary judgment in favor of client State of Hawaii in insurance coverage dispute)

• Great American Insurance Company v. Association of Apartment Owners of Lahaina Residential Condominium, et al., Civil No. 1:24-CV-00075-JAO-BMK, United States District Court, District of Hawai‘i (dismissal of insurer’s declaratory judgment action disputing coverage for underinsurance claims after August 2023 Lahaina wildfire)

• QBE Specialty Insurance Company v. Elizabeth Kane as Chapter 7 Trustee, et al., Civil No. 22-00450 SOM-KJM, United States District Court, District of Hawai‘i (favorable summary judgment regarding entitlement to insurance proceeds in federal interpleader action)

Erik is a member of the Hawai‘i State Bar Association and is licensed to practice in all Hawaii state and federal courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.