The Department of the Corporation Counsel meets the diverse legal needs of all city agencies, the Council and all officers and employees relating to their official powers and duties in all legal proceedings and services incident as required by the Charter or law. Mr. Badua contributes his paralegal experience as the city’s transit paralegal working on the Honolulu Rail Transit Project, the largest public works and first grade-separated fixed rail system in Hawaii. Mr. Badua received his Associate in Science paralegal certificate from Kapi`olani Community College, an American Bar Association-approved program since 1978.