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Annalisa Bernard was featured in the Hawaii State Bar Association’s newsletter for June 2022. The following is the text from that feature or you can read the complete newsletter online.
Annalisa Milca Bernard is an attorney at Wong Leong Cuccia, a Maui women owned law firm. Annalisa clerked for the Honorable Judge Derrick H.M. Chan (ret) and Judge Michael A. Town (ret) before working at the Maui Prosecutor Office and Public Defenders. She is Filipino, Puerto Rican, Hawai‘ian, Portuguese, English, Irish and German and born and raised on Maui.
What is your biggest accomplishment in your career?Winning my first Jury Trial as a young Public Defender was probably one of my most notable accomplishments as it gave me the confidence, motivation, and goal to become a great trial attorney.
What has been your biggest obstacle in your career?Being a mother to my two children is by far the most rewarding gift life has given me. However, getting two children to school, soccer, and other after school activities on time, while also balancing a career that entails being in court every day, can sometimes feel like I’m running an obstacle course! Nonetheless, we make it work and I wouldn’t have it any other way.