STEPHEN L. HEWITT, Partner 1989; born Shreveport, Louisiana, October 25, 1953.  Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1978); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1981).  Phi Alpha Delta; California Advocacy Honors Board, Founder and Author Study Advisory Counsel; and, Author: Survey of Sport and Leisure Waiver and Release Law in the United States.  Admitted to California Bar 1982 and Hawaii Bar 1999.  Member:  American Board of Trial Advocates; Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; State Bar of Hawaii; United States District Court for the Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts; United States District Court for the District of Hawaii; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Supreme Court of the United States; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; Sports Lawyers Association; Instructor - National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI); Divemaster - Association of Diving Instructors (PADI).  Judge Pro Tem and CRASH Settlement Officer for Los Angeles Superior Court.  Areas of emphasis: insurance defense with emphasis on health care litigation, professional malpractice defense, motorsports litigation, sport and entertainment liability, employment liability, business litigation and insurance law with Federal, Superior and Municipal Court trial experience in these areas.