DAVID C. FARMER, ESQ.

David C. Farmer, Esq., practices primarily in the areas of bankruptcy, business litigation, and collections as the managing member of David C. Farmer Attorney at Law LLLC. He holds B.F.A. and M.A. degrees in studio art and art history from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and a J.D. degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law. A member of the Litigation Section of the ABA since 1984, he is also a member and director of the HSBA’s Collection Law section. He is currently a director of the Hawaii Bankruptcy Bar Association, the successor to the Bankruptcy Law Section, where he servied as a director and past president. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Bar Examiners and the Editorial Board of the Hawai`i Bar Journal, to which he is a frequent contributor and editor. He serves as an arbitrator in the Judiciary’s CAAP Program and served as a Standing Panel Trustee for the Hawaii United States Bankruptcy Court. As a Visiting and Adjunct Professor, he taught at Richardson from 1998 through 2004 the subjects of Business Reorganization in Bankruptcy, Debtor-Creditor Rights, and Secured Transactions. He has authored numerous articles that have appeared in the Hawai`i Bar Journal, the HSBA’s Hawai'i Divorce Manual and the Landlord-Tenant Manual. He served as Editor-In-Chief and contributing author for the three editions of the Hawai`i Collections Manual, the fourth edition of which was published in 2013. He is a featured guest speaker at numerous workshops and seminars focusing on bankruptcy, collections, and foreclosure topics.