Lynch Ichida Thompson Kim & Hirota,
A Law Corporation

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Law Firm in Honolulu, Hawaii
 
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1132 Bishop Street, Suite 1405
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
(Honolulu Co.)
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Phone: 808-528-0100  
Facsimile: 808-528-4997
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Lynch Ichida Thompson Kim & Hirota,
A Law Corporation practices in the following areas of law:

Admiralty, Maritime Law, Family Law, Divorce, Adoption, Immigration Law, Business and Investor Visa, Deportation, U.S. Embassy Matters, Family and Student Visa, Green Cards, U.S. Citizenship, Insurance, Real Estate, Commercial Litigation, Creditor's Rights, Bankruptcy, Business, Construction, Securities, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Collection, Environmental, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Aviation.
Year Established: 1995
Firm Profile:
LYNCH ICHIDA THOMPSON KIM & HIROTA formed a law corporation which presently consists of five directors, Maile M. Hirota, Wesley W. Ichida, Steven J. Kim, Paul A. Lynch and William F. Thompson, III; one Associate Attorney, Ann C. Kemp, one attorney as Counsel, Timothy J. Hogan; and one attorney as Of Counsel, J. Gregory Turnbull.

Our attorneys are supported by a staff of nine members, including three legal assistants. Language proficiencies in the firm include Korean, Tagalog, Ilocano, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. Our principal office is located in Honolulu, with statewide access to legal services on each of the island counties.

The firm engages in general practice of law including, civil litigation, emphasizing commercial litigation, creditor's rights, bankruptcy, real property, construction, admiralty, securities, professional errors and omissions, plaintiff's personal injury, insurance defense, family law, immigration, nationality and international law (including adoptions).

Firm Size: 9
Languages:
Korean, Tagalog, Ilocano, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.
Representative Clients:
AAO Insurance Services; Aetna Casualty & Surety Company; American Reliable Insurance Company; Assuranceforeninger Gard; Brown Jordan International; Chubb Life Insurance Company of America; Cross Country Home Services; Dames & Moore; Dell Computer Corporation; Great American E & S Insurance Company.; HMS Insurance Agency, Inc.; Japan P&I Club; Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance; Kenichi Sueno; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Midland National Life Insurance Co.; New York Life Insurance Co.; North American Company for Life and Health Insurance; Peerless Coffee Company, Inc.; Protective Life Insurance; Saskatchewan Government Insurance; Shaw Enviornmental & Infrastructure, Inc.; The Assurance Group; Travelers Insurance; Trivest Partners, LP; Underwriters at Lloyd's; Union Security Life Insurance Co.; Whirlpool Corporation; Wiss Janney Elstner Associates, Inc.; Zurich-American Insurance Group.
Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
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DIRECTORS
Maile M. Hirota (Director) admitted to bar, 1994, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (A.B., Japanese, 1990); Indiana University, Bloomington (J.D., 1994); Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (1995). Executive Editor, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 1993-1994. Selected, The Best Lawyers in America, 2008. Member: Hawaii State Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Executive Office for Immigration Review, National Liaison Committee, 2007—; California Service Center Liaison Committee, 2005-2007; Immigration Reform Committee, 2005-2006; Hawaii Chapter Chair, 2003-2005; Vice Chair, 2001-2003; Secretary, 2000-2001); American Immigration Law Foundation (Legal Action Center Advisory Committee, 2007-2008); Hawaii Women Lawyers; Japan-America Society of Hawaii (Lifetime Member); Hawaii Pacific University Career Services Advisory Council (2006-2008). Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization; Consular Law; Family Immigration Law; Business Immigration; Deportation; Administrative Law; Citizenship; Employment Authorizations; Employment Immigration; Employment Visas; Immigration Law; Investor Visas; Labor Certifications; Permanent Visas; Religious Visas; Removal Proceedings; Visas. Email: Maile M. Hirota
Wesley W. Ichida (Director) born Honolulu, Hawaii, May 6, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Hawaii; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1968); University of Colorado (J.D., 1971). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, University of Colorado Law Review, 1969-1971. Author: "Prisoners' Rights-Access to Courts," 42 University of Colorado Law Review 275, 1970. Member: Hawaii State (Member: Board of Directors, 1973; Secretary, 1974; Vice President, 1975; President, 1976; Secretary, 1977; Treasurer, 1985; Young Lawyers Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense Litigation; Construction Litigation; Professional Errors and Omissions; Insurance Coverage Litigation. Email: Wesley W. Ichida
Steven J. Kim (Director) born Honolulu, Hawaii, October 24, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Hawaii. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., with honors, 1985); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1988). Staff Member, 1986-1987 and Casenote Editor, 1987-1988, University of Hawaii Law Review. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts I. Author: "State v. Smith: The Standard of Effectiveness of Counsel in Hawaii Following Strickland v. Washington," 9, University of Hawaii Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987. Member: Hawaii State Bar Association. (Also member of SeaLaw Hawaii). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Family Law; Divorce; Adoption Law; Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation. Email: Steven J. Kim
Paul A. Lynch (Director) born Boston, Massachusetts, September 5, 1937; admitted to bar, 1965, Hawaii; 1966, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Yale University (A.B., 1959); Harvard University (LL.B., 1964). Treasurer, 1975, Vice President, 1976-1978 and President, 1977, Hawaii Legal Aid Society. Member: Hawaii State (Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1968; Member, Bar Examination Committee, 1968-1978) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Estate Law; Securities Litigation; Family Law; Construction Litigation; Aviation Law; Condominium Law. Email: Paul A. Lynch
William F. Thompson, III (Director) born Honolulu, Hawaii, October 6, 1930; admitted to bar, 1963, Hawaii, U.S. Customs Court, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., 1956); Vanderbilt Law School (J.D., 1959). Adjunct Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, Hawaii, September-December, 1995. Listed, "The Best Lawyers in America," Immigration Law, 1991-2002. Member: Hawaii State Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, 1977-1980). Reported Cases: Matter of Aurelio, 19 I&N Dec. (BIA 1987); Matter of Sano, 19 I&N Dec. 299 (BIA 1985); Matter of Vea, 18 I&N Dec. 171 (BIA 1981); Matter of Sio, 18 I&N Dec. 176 (BIA 1981); Matter of Kondo, 17 I&N Dec. 330 (BIA 1980); Matter of Agdinaoan, 16 I&N Dec. 545 (BIA 1978); Matter of Nago, 16 I&N Dec. 446 (BIA 1978); Tongatapu Woodcraft Hawaii, Ltd. v. Feldman, 736 F.2d 1305; 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 20851 (9th Cir. 1984); Siverts v. Craig, District Director, USINS, 602 F.Supp 50, 605 F.Supp. 50 (D.C. Hawaii 1985); Monet v. INS, 791 F.2d 752 (9th Cir. 1986); Senica, et al. v. INS, 16 F.3d 1013 (9th Cir. 1994); 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 2363; Valerio v. USINS, 86 F.Supp. 2d 1009 (D.C. Hawaii 1999); 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21217. Practice Areas: Immigration and Nationality Law; Consular Law. Email: William F. Thompson, III
ASSOCIATES
Ann C. Kemp (Associate) born Waialua, Hawaii; admitted to bar, 1989, Hawaii, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Hawaii (B.B.A., in accounting with high honors, 1986); Hastings College of the Law, University of California, (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Beta Gamma Sigma (President, 1985-1986); Beta Alpha Psi; Order of the Coif. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Writing and Research and Federal Income Taxation. Member, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 1988-1989. Member: Hawaii State Bar Association. Reported Cases: Booth v. Booth, 90 Haw. 413, 978 P.2d 851 (Haw. 1999); Frank Hamada, et al. v. Jay Westcott, et.al 102, Haw. 210, 74 P3d 33 (Haw. 2003). Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization; Business Immigration; Citizenship; Consular Law; Deportation; Employment Authorizations; Employment Immigration; Employment Visas; Family Immigration Law; Immigration Law; Investor Visas; Labor Certifications; Permanent Visas; Removal Proceedings; Visas; Religious Visas; Litigation; Civil Litigation; Family Law; Divorce; Uncontested Divorce; Insurance; Insurance Coverage; Paternity; Adoption Law; Collections; Commercial Collections; Garnishments; Post Judgement Collections. Email: Ann C. Kemp
Courtney N. Naso (Associate) born Naples, Italy, November 28,1971; admitted to bar, 2000, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2006, Hawaii, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1993); Regent University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Recipient, Family Law Book Award - American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Virginia State Bar Family Law Section; Delta Gamma (Lifetime Member). Member: Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; Hawaii State Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Paternity; Uncontested Divorce; Interstate Support; Adoption Law; Child Custody; Child Support; Collections; Post Judgment Collections; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Civil Litigation. Email: Courtney N. Naso
Tony Tran (Associate) born Granada Hills, California, November 30, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Business Economics, 2001); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 2007) Phi Delta Phi. Member: Hawaii State Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: Vietnamese. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization; Family Immigration Law; Business Immigration; Removal Proceedings; Visas; Deportation; Citizenship; Employment Authorizations; Employment Immigration; Employment Visas; Immigration Law; Investor Visas; Labor Certifications; Permanent Visas; Religious Visas. Email: Tony Tran
OF COUNSEL
J. Gregory Turnbull, PsyD (Of Counsel) born Kinston, North Carolina, March 24, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii. Education: Hawaii Loa College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D., 1984); Argosy University, Honolulu (Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, 2004). Executive Editor, University of Hawaii Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to Associate Justice Frank D. Padgett, Hawaii State Supreme Court, Honolulu, 1984-1985. Member: Hawaii State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Intellectual Property. Email: J. Gregory Turnbull, PsyD


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