Posted at 8:53 a.m., Friday, April 13, 2007
'Broken Trust' co-author named honorary fellow
Associated Press
HONOLULU — U.S. District Judge Samuel King has been named an honorary fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.King was nominated by Judge Robert R. Beezer of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, who stressed the importance of King's contribution to the public's understanding of trust and estate law by having co-authored "Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement, And Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust."
The book "should become must reading for any lawyer who expects to practice law in the area of trusts and estates," Beezer said.
King's co-author, University of Hawai'i law professor Randall Roth, was named an academic fellow in ACTEC in 1990.
The book stemmed from the essay "Broken Trust," written by King, Roth and three others, which was published in 1997.
The essay led to major reforms at the Bishop Estate, now Kamehameha Schools, and removal of the estate's trustees.
Others who have been honored by ACTEC include Supreme Court Justices Earl Warren, Lewis Powell, Harry Blackmun, Warren Burger and Sandra Day O'Connor, as well as leading academic authorities, Yale's Austin W. Scott and Harvard's A. James Casner.
"To be included in such a distinguished group of jurists and scholars is truly humbling," King said.
"I've always felt strongly about the need to hold powerful people to strict fiduciary standards, which is the essence of trust and estate law. It's great that this ACTEC group has promoted this message for so many years," he said.
