Ilana Waxman

Ilana Waxman is Managing Partner of Galiher DeRobertis & Waxman LLP and handles litigation involving serious injuries and harmful exposures. The firm’s work includes asbestos and mesothelioma claims, catastrophic injury, defective products, pesticide exposure, silicosis, talc and asbestos matters, wrongful death, and other complex civil cases. Her practice centers on fact-intensive disputes involving health, safety, and product-related harm.

Waxman earned a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University in 2000 and a J.D. summa cum laude from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco in 2006. Her academic record reflects extensive legal training that supports the research, writing, evidence analysis, and strategic judgment required in complex litigation. This background supports Waxman’s ability to analyze legal and factual issues carefully, communicate options clearly, and approach client matters with practical judgment.

As a managing partner, she combines case work with leadership responsibilities at a firm focused on injury and toxic-exposure litigation. These cases may involve large records, scientific or medical issues, multiple parties, and difficult questions of causation and damages, requiring coordinated preparation from investigation through settlement or trial. Across these matters, Waxman focuses on understanding the record, identifying the legal issues that matter most, and helping clients move through the relevant legal process with a clear strategy.

Ilana Waxman leads a practice devoted to complex civil litigation involving injuries, products, exposures, and wrongful death. Her role requires careful case development as well as firm leadership, and her academic and professional background supports detailed analysis of the evidence and legal issues presented in high-stakes disputes. The practice reflects a practical approach to legal service, with attention to the facts, applicable law, and the decisions clients must make as a matter progresses.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, Galiher DeRobertis & Waxman LLP
• Member, Hawaii State Bar Association
• Member, The State Bar of California
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Board Member, National Board of Governors, American Association for Justice (AAJ)
• Former President, Hawaii Association for Justice
• Board Member, Hawaii State Bar Foundation (HSBF)
• Board Member, Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation

Licensed State

• Hawaii
• California
• Massachusetts

Education

• University of California, School of Law, San Francisco, California
  Juris Doctor (JD) Summa Cum Laude
• Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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