Porter McGuire Kiakona, LLP is pleased to announce that Tiffany Aukai and Jose Vega have joined the firm as associate attorneys.
Tiffany Aukai earned her J.D. from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. While there, she worked as a constitutional law research assistant for Dean Aviam Soifer. Aukai also served as the Executive Secretary to the Senate of the Student Bar Association. Before joining PMK, she worked as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the City and County of Honolulu and clerked for the Honorable Judge Matthew J. Viola of the First Circuit Court of Hawaii. In addition, Aukai has volunteered at the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and the Hawaii Immigrant Justice Center and is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association. As an attorney with PMK, Aukai will be working with clients on Oahu and the neighbor islands.
Jose Vega earned his J.D. from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. While in law school he served with the Hawaiian Innocence Project and the Immigration Clinic, both of which are nonprofit organizations that help promote justice for minority groups. Before joining PMK, he worked in the areas of insurance defense and criminal defense law. He is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association and as an attorney with PMK, will be working with clients on Oahu and the neighbor islands.
