|   | | Law Firm in Honolulu, Hawaii | | A Limited Liability Law Partnership | | Formerly Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright |
| | Address | | Cades Schutte Building, 1000 Bishop Street, Suite 1200 | | Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 | | (Honolulu Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 808-521-9200 | | Telecopier: 808-521-9210 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.cades.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Cades Schutte practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice. Commercial Litigation, Insurance and Malpractice Defense, Real Estate Litigation, Construction and Environmental Law, Business and Corporate Law, Corporate, Federal and State Taxes, Banking, Insurance, Trusts and Estates, Real Estate, Admiralty Law, Telecommunications, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition, Anticounterfeiting and Technology Licensing. | | Year Established: 1922 | Firm Profile:
Since its formation in 1922, Cades Schutte has developed a national reputation for outstanding legal practice. Today, we are a full service law firm of more than fifty attorneys with expertise in finance and real estate, business counseling, civil litigation, tax, estate planning, intellectual property, environmental regulation, creditors' rights and employment practices.The founders of the firm established exacting standards in recruiting attorneys of good character who met the criteria of intellect, energy and dedication to the profession. These attributes are even more important today as the complexity of the law and client needs for responsive, quality legal service have increased.Difficult problems demand well-crafted solutions. Cades Schutte provides these solutions. | | Firm Size: 56 |
Other Office Locations of Cades Schutte
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | E. Gunner Schull (Partner) born Washington, D.C., July 8, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, California; 1965, Hawaii. Education: The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn.; Duke University (A.B., 1959); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1962). Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1961-1962. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Practice Areas: Business Law; Partnership Law; Commercial Transactions; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Franchise Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Tax Exempt Organizations; Securities. Email: E. Gunner Schull | | Roger H. Epstein (Partner) born Washington, D.C., May 8, 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, Virginia; 1973, Hawaii; 1983, District of Columbia. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., 1967); Georgetown University (J.D., with honors, 1972). Member and Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1970-1972. Listed in: Who's Who in American Law; Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA. With Internal Revenue Service, D.C. and National Offices, 1967-1972. Member: District of Columbia Bar; Virginia, Hawaii State, Inter-Pacific and International Bar Associations. Practice Areas: International Tax Law; Corporate Tax Law; Real Estate Tax Law; Tax Exempt Organizations; Estate and Gift Tax Law; State Tax Law; Tax Planning; Tax Controversies. Email: Roger H. Epstein | | Jeffrey S. Portnoy (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, July 5, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Hawaii. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., cum laude, 1969); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1972). Editor In Chief, The Hawaii Labor Letter. Adjunct Professor, Media Law, University of Hawaii, 1985-1992. Author: The Lum Court and the First Amendment, University of Hawaii Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 1, 393-420; Mass Communication Law in Hawaii, New Forms Press, 1994. Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1988-1991, 2002-2004. Elected as Hawaii State Bar Association Representative to ABA House of Delegates, 1994-1996. Chair, USDC Advisory (Biden) Committee, 1992-1996. Hawaii State Per Diem District Court Judge, 1993-1998. Member, Ninth Circuit Advisory Board, 2005-2007. Member: Hawaii Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1989-1994); Defense Research Institute (Hawaii State Chairman, 1991-1998); American Board of Trial Advocates; Transportation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Advertising Law; Complex Commercial Litigation; Communications Law; First Amendment Law; Insurance Defense; Wrongful Termination. Email: Jeffrey S. Portnoy | | Bernice Littman (Partner) born Manchester, England, August 20, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Massachusetts; 1972, Hawaii. Education: Oxford University, Oxford, England (B.A., in Jurisprudence, 1965; M.A., 1973); Columbia University (J.D., cum laude, 1969). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA. Practice Areas: Commercial Loans; Secured Transactions; Americans with Disabilities Act; Fair Housing; Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Real Estate Law; Condominium Law. Email: Bernice Littman | | Nicholas C. Dreher (Partner) born Michigan City, Indiana, November 15, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Hawaii. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1970); Stanford University (J.D., 1973). Author: "Defaults and Lenders' Remedies," Hawaii Commercial Real Estate Financing Manual, Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1990; "Default and Bankruptcy," Hawaii Real Estate Law Manual, Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1997. Co-author: Hawaii LLC Manual, Hawaii State Bar Association, 2003. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA. Member: Hawaii (Member, Sections on: Real Property and Financial Services; Bankruptcy Law; President, Bankruptcy Law Section, 1992-1995; Director, 1991-1996) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Loan Workouts; Foreclosures; Banking Law; Commercial Loans; Real Estate Finance. Email: Nicholas C. Dreher | | Mark A. Hazlett (Partner) born New York, N.Y., August 18, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Hawaii. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1973). Adjunct Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 1995-2001. Member, Advisory Committee to the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, 1984-1986. Co-Editor, Hawaii Commercial Real Estate Manual, Hawaii Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1988. Co-Editor and Co-Author, Hawaii Real Estate Financing Manual, 1990. Author, "Hawaii Regulation of Real Estate Lenders" and Co-Editor, Hawaii Real Estate Law Manual, 1997. Co-Author: "A New Law of Secured Transactions for Hawaii," Hawaii Bar Journal, 2000. Chair, 1984 and Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1998, Real Property and Financial Services Section, Hawaii State Bar Association. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA. Practice Areas: Commercial Loans; Financial Institutions Law; Uniform Commercial Code; Condominium Law; Timeshares; Real Property Law; Resort Timeshares. Email: Mark A. Hazlett | | Philip J. Leas (Partner) admitted to bar, 1974, Hawaii. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1971); Stanford University (J.D., 1974). Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Title Insurance; Quiet Title; Condominium Law; Community Association Administration; Appellate Practice; Judgment Enforcement. Email: Philip J. Leas | | David C. Larsen (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, March 20, 1944; admitted to bar, 1974, California; 1975, Hawaii. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1965; M.A., 1966); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor in Chief, UCLA-Alaska Law Review, 1973-1974. Adjunct Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 1976-1980. Author: "Death and Taxes," University of Hawaii Press, 2002; "You Can't Take it With You," Random House, 1988; "Who Gets It When You Go?" Random House, 1982. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member: State Bar of California; American College of Trust and Estate Council. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Wills and Trusts. Email: David C. Larsen | | Larry T. Takumi (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, April 10, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Hawaii. Education: Brown University (A.B., cum laude, 1970); Georgetown University (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Sr. Judge Martin Pence, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 1974-1975. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Practice Areas: Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Finance; Equipment Finance; Equipment Leasing. Email: Larry T. Takumi | | C. Michael Heihre (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, April 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Hawaii; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., with highest honors, 1970); Georgetown University (J.D., 1973). Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law, 1977-1982. Member, Commission on Legislature Salaries, State of Hawaii, 1976. Commissioner, 1989-1995 and Chair, 1991-1993, Judicial Selection Commission of the State of Hawaii. Arbitrator, First Circuit Court's (Hawaii) Court Ordered Arbitration Program, 1986—. Member: Hawaii State, Federal and Inter-Pacific Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Construction Law; Environmental Law; Real Estate Litigation. Email: C. Michael Heihre | | Vito Galati (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania; 1979, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; U.S. Court of Claims; 1980, Hawaii. Education: Grove City College (B.A., 1975); Western New England College (J.D., 1978); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation, 1979). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA. Member, Tax Group, State of Hawaii Economic Revitalization Task Force, 1997. Member, Board of Directors: Hawaii Tax Foundation; Enterprise Honolulu. Appointed member, State of Hawaii Council on Revenues. Member: Hawaii State Bar Association (Past Chair, Partnership and S Corporation Committee, Tax Section). Practice Areas: Federal Income Taxation; State Taxation; Business Planning Law; Partnership Law; Limited Liability Companies; Low Income Housing Tax Credits; Equipment Leasing; Tax Exempt Bonds; Tax Procedures, Appeals and Controversies. Email: Vito Galati | | Cary S. Matsushige (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, February 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Hawaii. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1974; M.A., 1975); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1979). Member, University of Hawaii Law Review, 1978-1979. Practice Areas: Real Estate Finance; Secured Transactions; Loan Workouts; Commercial Real Estate Law. Email: Cary S. Matsushige | | David Schulmeister (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, July 30, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Hawaii; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., with distinction, 1976); University of Oregon (J.D., 1980). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Construction Law; Fiduciary Liability. Email: David Schulmeister | | Milton M. Yasunaga (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, May 6, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Hawaii and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1977); Oxford University, England (B.A., Jurisprudence, 1979); Harvard University (J.D., 1981). Rhodes Scholar. Presidential Scholar. Harvard Scholar. Partner, 1986—and Managing Partner, 1996-2002. Hearings Officer for Hawaii Disciplinary Counsel. Hawaii Secretary for The Rhodes Scholarship Trust. Chairman, Harvard Schools Committee, Hawaii. Practice Areas: Unfair Competition; Intellectual Property Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Tax Appeals; Fiduciary Liability. Email: Milton M. Yasunaga | | Gino L. Gabrio (Partner) born Camas, Washington, August 28, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Hawaii. Education: University of Washington (B.A., Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1979; J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Managing Editor, Washington Law Review, 1981-1982. Editor-in Chief, Hawaii Conveyance Manual. Certified Instructor and Certified Course in Buying and Selling Commercial Real Estate, Hawaii Real Estate Commission. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA. Practice Areas: Financial Institutions Law; Water Rights; Commercial Leasing; Real Property Law. Email: Gino L. Gabrio | | Colin O. Miwa (Partner) born Washington, D.C., January 5, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Hawaii. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with distinction, 1978); Georgetown University (J.D., 1981). Associate Editor, The Tax Lawyer, 1981. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Real Estate Litigation; Appellate Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: Colin O. Miwa | | Martin E. Hsia (Partner) born London, England, September 30, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, Hawaii; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Brown University (B.A., with honors, 1978); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Selected for "Best Lawyers in America," 1986-2006. Author: "Pitfalls of Intellectual Property: What You Don't Know Could Lead You to Malpractice," Hawaii Bar Journal, April, 1995; "The General Practitioner's Guide to Trademarks and Copyrights," Hawaii Bar Journal, March, 1996; "Intellectual Property and Technology Law in the Internet Age," Hawaii Bar Journal, November 2001. Member: Federal Circuit Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association; Licensing Executives Society; Patent and Trademark Office Society; Computer Law Association. Practice Areas: Copyrights; Internet Law; Intellectual Property; Patent Law; Trademark Law. Email: Martin E. Hsia | | Peter W. Olson (Partner) born Evanston, Illinois, April 12, 1954; admitted to bar, 1983, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 1976); John Marshall Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1983). Associate Editor, John Marshall Law Review, 1982-1983. Adjunct Professor, University of Hawaii, 1989-1990. Member: Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Hawaii Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; First Amendment Law; Media Law; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Libel and Slander; Defamation; Professional Liability. Email: Peter W. Olson | | Rhonda L. Griswold (Partner) born Red Bluff, California, July 25, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Hawaii. Education: California State University at Chico (B.A., 1979); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1984). Hawaii State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Outstanding Law Review Comment. Member, University of Hawaii Law Review, 1983-1984. Author: Hawaii Probate Sourcebook. Editor-in-Chief, HSBA Encyclopedia of Estate Planning. Member, HSBA Committee on Uniform Probate Code and Probate Court Practices. Former Chair, Probate and Estate Planning Section of Hawaii State Bar Association. Fellow, American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Fiduciary Liability; Wills. Email: Rhonda L. Griswold | | Gail M. Tamashiro (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, January 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1984, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.Ed., with distinction, 1973; M.Ed., 1975); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1984). Recipient: Corpus Juris Secundum; American Jurisprudence Award, Contracts I & II, Torts I & II. Articles Editor, University of Hawaii Law Review, 1982-1984. Co-author, with D. Callies: "Enterprise Zones: The Redevelopment Sweepstakes Begin," The Urban Lawyer, 231, 1983. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Finance Law; Condominium Law. Email: Gail M. Tamashiro | | Grace Nihei Kido (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, February 25, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., with distinction, 1977); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Moot Court Finalist. Case Notes Editor, University of Hawaii Law Review, 1983-1985. Author: Note, "Kaiman Realty v. Carmichael, Is Time of the Essence?" 6 U. Hawaii L. Rev., 1984. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Commercial Loans; Commercial Leasing; Mortgage Law; Condominium Law; Real Estate Development; Hotel and Resort Law. Email: Grace Nihei Kido | | David F.E. Banks (Partner) born Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, New Brunswick; 1989, Hawaii. Education: University of New Brunswick (B.B.A., with highest honors, 1980; LL.B., 1983); University of Miami (M.A., Law and Economics, 1983); Harvard University (LL.M., 1986). Author: "Voting by Limited Partners Under Hawaii's Uniform Limited Partnership Acts," Vol. XXII Hawaii Bar Journal; "Hawaii's Response to Regulation D," Vol. XXIII Hawaii Bar Journal 1. Member, Editorial Review Board, The Hawaii Labor Letter. Editor in Chief, State Limited Partnership Laws (Prentice Hall), State Wage and Hour Laws (BNA). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Chambers USA. Member: Management Labor & Employment Roundtable; Employment Counsel Network. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Succession Planning; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Labor and Employment Law. Email: David F.E. Banks | | Patricia J. McHenry (Partner) born Cleveland, Ohio, October 15, 1946; admitted to bar, 1986, Hawaii. Education: Heidelberg College (B.A., 1968); University of Wisconsin (M.A., 1969); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1986). Articles Editor, University of Hawaii Law Review, 1985-1986. Author: "Search and Seizure: A Reduced Reasonable Expectation of Privacy," U. Hawaii L. Rev. Vol. 7, No. 2, 1986; Rose August, Called From Within: Early Women Lawyers of Hawaii (1992). Member: Hawaii Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; OSHA Regulations; Oil Pollution; Foreclosures; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Patricia J. McHenry | | James H. Ashford (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, April 3, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1989, District of Columbia; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., 1984); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Relations; Business Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Real Estate Litigation. Email: James H. Ashford | | Dennis W. Chong Kee (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, January 4, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Hawaii. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science, B.A., Russian Linguistics, 1988); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Member, Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, 1989-1990. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Constitutional Law; Condemnation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Leasing. Email: Dennis W. Chong Kee | | Theodore D.C. Young (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, October 8, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1992, Hawaii. Education: University of San Francisco (B.A., cum laude, 1981; J.D., 1984). Attorney, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, 1985-1989. Member: Hawaii State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Litigation; Debtor-Creditor Rights; Foreclosures; Business Litigation; Securities Litigation. Email: Theodore D.C. Young | | Kelly G. LaPorte (Partner) born El Paso, Texas, August 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1986); Georgetown University (J.D., 1994). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Georgetown Criminal Justice Clinic, 1993-1994. Recipient, Boyd M. Harris Leadership Award. Associate Editor, American Criminal Law Review. Co-Author: "Eighth Survey of White Collar Crime: Discovery," 30 American Criminal Law Review 3, 1993. With Law Offices of John C. Youngs, 1994. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1986-1991]. Reported Cases: Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, 295 F. Supp. 2d 1141 (D. Hawaii 2003); Coon v. City & County of Honolulu, 98 Hawaii 233, 47 P.3d 348 (2002); In Re Water Use Permit Applications (Waiahole), 96 Hawaii 27, 25 P.3d 802 (2001); Kona Enterprises, Inc. v. Estate of Bishop, 229 F.3d 877 (9th Cir. 2000); Kona Enterprises, Inc. v. Estate of Bishop, 179 F.3d 767 (9th Cir. 1999); Kona Enterprises, Inc. v. Estate of Bishop, 51 F. Supp. 2d 1048 (9th Cir. 1998). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Condemnation; Land Use Law; Native Hawaiian Rights; Nonprofit Organizations Law; School Law. Email: Kelly G. LaPorte | | Marc E. Rousseau (Partner) born North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 17, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Hawaii. Education: University of Denver (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1990); University of Akron (M.B.A., 1994; J.D., summa cum laude, 1994). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards, Torts I, Constitutional Law I, Administration of Criminal Justice, Wills, Trusts & Estates II, Administrative Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Member: American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Software Licensing; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Law; Bid Protests; Health Care Regulation; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Computer Contracts. Email: Marc E. Rousseau | | Daniel H. Devaney IV (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, February 22, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Hawaii. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, 1984); The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA (M.B.A., 1991); University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1991). Business Manager, UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, 1988-1990. Member: Hawaii State Bar Association (Member or Officer, Business Law Section; Opinion Committee, Real Property and Financial Services Section, 1999-2000). Practice Areas: Business Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Nonprofit Corporations; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities. Email: Daniel H. Devaney IV | | Chris S. Mashiba (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, October 19, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.B.A., with distinction, 1991); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Order of the Coif; Thurston Society. Dean's Scholar Award. Certified Public Accountant, Hawaii, 1997. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member: Hawaii State and American Bar Associations; Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Tax Planning; Tax Controversies. Email: Chris S. Mashiba | | Kristin S. Shigemura (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, April 22, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Hawaii. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1994); Georgetown Law Center (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Foreclosures; Business Litigation; Employment Law; Health Maintenance Organizations; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Nursing Malpractice. Email: Kristin S. Shigemura | | Taya R. Naruse (Partner) born Fort Lee, Virginia, July 21, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii at Manoa (B.A., 1995); Willamette University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member, 1997-1998 and Associate Editor, 1998-1999, Willamette Law Review. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Finance; Real Estate. Email: Taya R. Naruse | | Ernest H. Nomura (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1983); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1988). Co-Author: "Selecting and Terminating Employees in Hawaii," National Business Institute, 2001 and 2002; "Writing the Employee Handbook in Hawaii," Lorman Education Services, 2002; "State and Federal Personnel Law in Hawaii," Lorman Education Services, 2002. Languages: Japanese and German. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employee Benefits Litigation. Email: Ernest H. Nomura | | Keith Y. Yamada (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, May 3, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1982); University of Puget Sound (J.D., 1985). President, Asian Pacific Law Students Association, 1985. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Corporations. Appointed Arbitrator, Hawaii Circuit Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation; Commercial Law. Email: Keith Y. Yamada | | Christopher T. Harrison (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii; admitted to bar, 1995, Hawaii. Education: Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1992); University of Washington (J.D., with honors, 1995). Formerly with White & Case LLP, Tokyo, Japan, 2000-2004. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Real Estate; International Real Estate; Commercial Leasing; Construction Law; Real Estate Finance. Email: Christopher T. Harrison | | William Keoni Shultz (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, May 16, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Hawaii. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1997); William S. Richardson School of Law (J.D., 2000). William K. Shultz-Mitchell v. State and HR5 § 336-3, 21.2 Univ. Hawaii Law Review 307 (1999). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate Development. Email: William Keoni Shultz | | Elijah Yip (Partner) born November 28, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., 1996; J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Media Law. Email: Elijah Yip | | ASSOCIATES | | Allison Mizuo Lee (Associate) born Lihue, Hawaii, March 18, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Hawaii. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., Economics, Government, summa cum laude, 1997); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., summa cum laude, 2001). Co-Production Editor and Member, University of Hawaii Law Review. Recipient: Carl K. Mirikitani, Jr. Valedictory Prize. Author: "Finley v. Home Insurance Co.: Hawaii's Solution to the Troubling Tripartite Problem," 22 U. Haw. L. Rev. 675, 2000; "Compensation for Temporary Regulatory Takings: Ad'just'ing the Damage Calculation Model," Ka Nu Hou (Real Prop. and Fin. Service, Hawaii State Bar Association), August, 2000. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Allison Mizuo Lee | | Sheree Nitta Stewart (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, June 15, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Hawaii. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1997); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002). Editor-in-Chief, University of Hawaii Law Review, 2001-2002. Author, "The Price of Precedent," 23 U.Hawaii L. Rev. 795, Summer 2001. Member, Real Property Section, Hawaii State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Land Use; Condominium Law; Administrative Law; Real Estate Litigation. Email: Sheree Nitta Stewart | | Caryn H. Okinaga (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, October 19, 1972; admitted to bar, 2003, Hawaii. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1995); Georgetown University (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate. Email: Caryn H. Okinaga | | Scott T. Miyasato (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, August 5, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Hawaii. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1997); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Phi Delta Phi. Member, American Inns of Court. Recipient, Student Award for Distinguished Service, Volunteers Legal Services Hawaii, 2001. Editor, Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal, 2000-2001. Law Clerk to the Hon. Chief Judge James S. Burns, Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawaii, 2001-2002. Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate. Email: Scott T. Miyasato | | Lori K. Amano (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, July 12, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., 1999); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., summa cum laude, 2004). Co-Executive Editor of Production, University of Hawaii Law Review. Author: "ERISA and Federal Preemption Following Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran: Preemptive Effects Felt in Hawaii," 25 Haw. L. Rev. 593, 2003; "Ozaki and Comparative Negligence: Imposing Joint Liability Where a Duty to Protect or Prevent Harm from Third Party Intentional Tortfeasors Exists is Fairer to Plaintiffs and Defendants," 26 Haw. L. Rev. 575, 2004. Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate. Email: Lori K. Amano | | Jodene K. Arakaki (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.B.A., 1991); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., summa cum laude, 2004). Member: Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Tax. Email: Jodene K. Arakaki | | Duke T. Oishi (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, March 26, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.B.A., 2000); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 2003). Law Clerk to the Hon. Richard R. Clifton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2003-2004. Production Editor, University of Hawaii Law Review, 2002-2003. Author, "A Piece of Mind for Peace of Mind: Federal Discoverability of Opinion Work Product Provided to Expert Witnesses and Its Implications in Hawai'i," 24 Hawaii L. Rev. 859. Languages: Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate. Email: Duke T. Oishi | | Jeffrey M. Osterkamp (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois; 2008, Hawaii. Education: Northwestern University (B.S.J., 1991; J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation. | | Marion L. Reyes-Burke (Associate) born Lipa City, Philippines; admitted to bar, 2005, Hawaii. Education: Philippine Women's University, Manila, Philippines (B.S., Nursing, 1991); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., summa cum laude, 2004). Comments Editor, University of Hawaii Law Review, 2004-2005. Author: "Keeping the (Good) Faith: Hawaii's Good Faith Settlement After HRS Section 15.5 and Troyer v. Adams," 26 U. Haw. L. Rev. 275 (2003); "The Right to Die vs. The 'Life Sentence' for the Minimally Conscious Patient," 1 Public Health Law & Policy Journal 47 (2004), at http://www.hawaii.edu/phlo/phlpj/. Languages: Tagalog (Filipino). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Marion L. Reyes-Burke | | Megan S. Johnson (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii; admitted to bar, 2002, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2005, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., Business Administration, 1998); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: State Bar of California; Hawaii State Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property and Technology Section). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Finance; Real Estate. Email: Megan S. Johnson | | Calvert G. Chipchase IV (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, June 15, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Colorado State University (B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1999); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002). Valedictorian, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 2002. Member, Editorial Board, University of Hawaii Law Review. Author of numerous articles on Real Property and Constitutional Law. Adjunct Professor of Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, 2004—. Law Clerk: Honorable Alan C. Kay, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 2003-2004; Honorable Richard R. Clifton, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2004-2005. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Calvert G. Chipchase IV | | Christian K. Adams (Associate) born Kailua, Hawai'i, March 3, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Hawaii. Education: Clark University (B.A., 2001); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i (J.D., 2004). Editor-in-Chief, University of Hawaii Law Review, 2003-2004. Law Clerk to the Hon. David Alan Ezra, Chief U.S. District Judge, District of Hawai'i, 2004-2005. Adjunct Professor of Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, 2005—. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Christian K. Adams | | Ryan M. Wilson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Hawaii. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A., Classics, magna cum laude, 1999; B.A., Philosophy, magna cum laude, 1999; M.A., Classics, 2001); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2006). Honors Scholarship recipient (2003-2006). Executive Articles Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review (2005-2006). Order of the Coif (2006). Languages: Japanese (JLPT Level 2). Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Ryan M. Wilson | | Nathan T. Okubo (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, September 28, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Hawaii. Education: Santa Clara University (B.S., Political Science, magna cum laude, 2003); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 2006). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, University of Hawaii Law Review, 2005-2006. Member, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, 2005-2006. President, Pacific Asian Legal Studies Organization, William S. Richardson School of Law, 2004-2005. Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate. Email: Nathan T. Okubo | | Adrienne Iwamoto Suarez (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Hawaii. Education: Columbia University (B.A., cum laude, 1997); (M.A., English Education, 2001); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Recipient: CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Race, Culture and the Law, 2004; Mirikitani Memorial Scholarship, 2003; George and Evelyn Johnson Memorial Scholarship, 2002. Law Clerk to the Hon. Richard R. Clifton, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2005-2006. Author: "Avoiding the Next Hokulia: The Debate over Hawaii's Agricultural Subdivisions," 27 U. Haw. L. Rev. 441 (2005) (published in excerpted form in Ka Nu Hou, April 2005); "Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions . . . On Free Speech? First Amendment Rights in Common-Interest Communities," 40 Real Prop. Prob. & Tr. J. 740 (2006) (also published online at http://www.planning.org/planningandlaw/pdf/suarez.pdf). Co-Author, with Prof. David L. Callies, "Privatization and the Providing of Public Facilities through Private Means," 21 J. L. & Pol. 477 (2005). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. | | Kawena S. Beaupre (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.B.A., with distinction, 2000); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 2004). Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert J. Faris, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Hawaii, 2004-2006. Practice Areas: Taxation. | | April J. Cadiz (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Hawaii and California. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., cum laude, 1998); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate. | | James David Douglas (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, New York; 2001, District of Columbia; 2005, Hawaii. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1994); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member, Albany Law Review, 1995-1997. Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits; Corporate Law. | | Teri-Ann E. S. Nagata (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, California and Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii at Manoa (B.A., with highest honors, summa cum laude, 2000); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Primary Editor, Harvard Law Review, 2001-2003. Author, Recent Case, "Bowen v. Amoco Pipeline Co.," 115 Harv. L. Rev. 1267 (2002); Note, "Examining Senate Procedure Through Narrative," 116 Harv. L. Rev. 1499 (2003). Law Clerk: Honorable William G. Young, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2003-2004; Honorable Richard R. Clifton, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2004-2005. Member: Hawaii State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Amanda M. Jones (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Hawaii. Education: University of Missouri at Columbia (B.J., magna cum laude, 1997); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Keri Ann K. Shigemura (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Hawaii. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., Biological Sciences, magna cum laude, 1999; Masters of Health Administration, 2001); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Andrew L. Salenger (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Hawaii. Education: Duke University (B.A., Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, 2004); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Jacqueline B. Kido (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., Political Science, 2004); University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Yohan Gohng (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Hawaii. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., International Relations, 1998); University of Cambridge (M.Phil., International Relations, 2000); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 2008). [Officer, South Korean Army, 2000-2003]. Languages: Korean and Japanese. Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate. | | OF COUNSEL | | Paul M. Saito (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1991, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Hawaii at Manoa (B.B.A., 1981); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1991). Arbitrator, Court Annexed Arbitration Panel, First Circuit Court, State of Hawaii, 1995. Member: Hawaii State and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Management Labor Law; Labor Relations Law. Email: Paul M. Saito | | Roger W. Fonseca (Of Counsel) born San Jose, California, March 30, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Hawaii; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Occidental College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1970); Yale University (J.D., 1973). Note and Comment Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1972-1973. Listed in the Best Lawyers in America. Law Clerk to Judge Gerhard A. Gesell, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1973-1974. Member: Hawaii State and American (Member, Sections of: Business Law; Taxation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Organization; ERISA; Employee Benefits; Corporate Law. | | Ellen N. Kawashima (Of Counsel) born San Francisco, California, January 19, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., 1992); Georgetown University (J.D., 1995). Member: Hawaii State (Member, Business Law Section; Secretary, Taxation Section, 2003) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Pension Plans. | | Marjorie A. Lau (Of Counsel) born Honolulu, Hawaii; admitted to bar, 1989, Hawaii. Education: Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1989). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Finance Law; Real Estate Law. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
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