Crystal K. Rose, Esq.

Crystal Rose has been practicing law since 1982, concentrating primarily on commercial, real estate, and trust litigation. She is one of the foundering partners of the law firm Bays, Deaver, Lung, Rose & Baba, consisting of approximately 20 attorneys involved in commercial and business litigation, arbitration and mediation. Ms. Rose has published numerous articles and taught many law seminars. She also taught construction law at the University of Hawai`i School of Architecture. She is past chairperson of the State of Hawai`i Board of Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects; a hearing committee member of the Disciplinary Board of the Hawai`i Supreme Court; a member of the Civil Rules Committee for the First Circuit Court, State of Hawai`i; and a member of the Hawai`i State Bar and American Bar Associations.

Active in our community, Ms. Rose is a member and past president of the Native Hawaiian Bar Association; past board member of the Native Hawaiian Chapter of Commerce; board member of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation; and secretary of the Boys and Girls Club of Hawai` i.

Ms. Rose, born and raised on the Big Island, is a 1975 graduate of the Kamehameha School for Girls. In 1979, Ms. Rose earned her bachelor's of science degree in psychology and sociology from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. She is also a 1982 graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, California.

Ms. Rose is married to Rick Towill, a contractor/engineer, and they have two sons: Mark (15) and Ian (12).

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