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Tristan Andres

Tristan Andres is a partner at Deeley King Pang & Van Etten. For nearly a decade, his practice has primarily focused on recovering insurance benefits on behalf of policy holders. Tristan has recovered insurance benefits owed to his clients under numerous types of first and third-party insurance policies, including property, flood, fire, title, health, commercial general liability, errors and omissions, directors and officers, professional malpractice, condominium/community association liability, employment practices liability, and others. Tristan has also successfully litigated bad faith claims against insurers based on mishandling of claims.

Tristan is admitted to practice before all Hawaii circuit and appellate courts along with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education

  • Northern Arizona University (B.S. Economics, 2010)
  • William S. Richardson School of Law (J.D., 2013)

Membership

  • Hawaii State Bar Association (“HSBA”)
  • HSBA Insurance Coverage Litigation Section
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Pacific Islander Legal Association
  • Hawaii Association for Justice

Positions

  • Chair – HSBA Insurance Coverage Litigation Section (2018-Present)
  • HSBA Director (2021)
  • HSBA Leadership Institute Fellow (2021)

Publications and Engagements

  • Hawaii State Bar Association Convention
    • Speaker – 2019 – Insurance Primer for the General Practitioner and Emerging Issues in Insurance Law
    • Speaker – 2015 – Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith
  • Hawaii Association for Justice
    • Speaker – February 2020 – Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Update
  • National Business Institute
    • Speaker – August 2020 – Bad Faith and Ethics Section of Auto Injury Litigation Seminar
  • Reasonable Expectations: Interpreting Insurance Policies in Common Law Jurisdictions Contributing Author, 2016, published by ABA Book Publishing

Representative Cases

  • First Am. Title Ins. Co. v. GS Indus., LLC, No. 21-cv-00078-DKW-KJM, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 240601, at *1 (D. Haw. Dec. 16, 2021)
  • Ass’n of Apartment Owners of the Moorings, Inc. v. Dongbu Ins. Co., 731 F. App’x 713 (9th Cir. 2018)
  • Maui Land & Pineapple Co. v. Liberty Ins. Underwriters Inc., No. 16-00271 DKW-KJM, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56949 (D. Haw. Apr. 3, 2018)
  • State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Hanohano, 158 F. Supp. 3d 1023 (D. Haw. 2016)

Community Involvement

  • Courts in the Classroom Volunteer
  • Junior Judges Program Volunteer
  • Legal Lines Volunteer

Practice Areas

  • Arbitration/Mediation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Insurance Litigation

Contact Information

Tristan Andres
Pauahi Tower
1003 Bishop Street, Suite 1550
Honolulu, HI 96813

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