Best Lawyers®

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers recognitions are compiled based on an Purely Peer Review® evaluation in which lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. More than 184,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and they have received more than 25.8 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 23 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 80,000 leading lawyers included in 31st edition.

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Lawyer of the Year

The “Lawyer of the Year” recognition is awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer-feedback. Only one lawyer is recognized as the “Lawyer of the Year,” a designation given within each practice group by metropolitan area. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among their peers for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.

Kenneth R. Kupchak

Construction Law
Corporate Law
Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Real Estate Law


2025 Lawyer of the Year: Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
2017 Lawyer of the Year: Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
2015 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Land Use & Zoning

Gregory W. Kugle

Aviation Law
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Real Estate Law


2025 Lawyer of the Year: Land Use & Zoning
2023 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Construction
2022, 2017 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
2013 Lawyer of the Year: Land Use & Zoning Law

Kenneth R. Kupchak

Construction Law
Corporate Law
Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Real Estate Law


2025 Lawyer of the Year: Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
2017 Lawyer of the Year: Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
2015 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Land Use & Zoning

Gregory W. Kugle

Aviation Law
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Real Estate Law


2025 Lawyer of the Year: Land Use & Zoning
2023 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Construction
2022, 2017 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
2013 Lawyer of the Year: Land Use & Zoning Law

Best Lawyers®

The Best Lawyers in America® is based entirely on Purely Peer Review® evaluation and the methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographic area and legal practice area. Lawyers are not able to nominate themselves and must be nominated by their peers. Listed below are the practice areas our colleagues were selected to for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Matthew T. Evans

Arbitration
Construction Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Insurance
Litigation – Real Estate
Real Estate

Tred R. Eyerly

Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Litigation – Insurance


2022 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Insurance

Diane D. Hastert

Arbitration
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Real Estate

Christine A. Kubota

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Corporate Law
Employment Law – Management
Real Estate Law


2013 Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law

Gregory W. Kugle

Aviation Law
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Real Estate Law


2025 Lawyer of the Year: Land Use & Zoning
2023 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Construction
2022, 2017 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
2013 Lawyer of the Year: Land Use & Zoning Law

Kenneth R. Kupchak

Construction Law
Corporate Law
Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Real Estate Law


2025 Lawyer of the Year: Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
2017 Lawyer of the Year: Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
2015 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Land Use & Zoning

Na Lan

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Real Estate Law

Mark M. Murakami

Commercial Litigation
Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation – Real Estate
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Real Estate Law
Trusts & Estates


2013 Lawyer of the Year: Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law

Anna H. Oshiro

Arbitration
Construction Law
Government Contracts
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Insurance
Litigation – Real Estate
Real Estate


2021 Lawyer of the Year: Construction Law

Douglas C. Smith

Corporate Law
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Tax Law
Trusts & Estates


2024 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Trusts & Estates
2021 Lawyer of the Year: Trusts & Estates
2015 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Trusts & Estates
2013 Lawyer of the Year: Trusts & Estates

Michael A. Yoshida

Banking and Finance Law
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
Construction Law
Mortgage Banking and Foreclosure Law
Real Estate Law

Madeleine M.V. Young

Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Trusts & Estates

Ones to Watch

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards recognize extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. Like traditional Best Lawyers awards, Ones to Watch recognition is based entirely on peer review.

Nicholas K. Ernst

Appellate Practice
Commercial Litigation

Megan L.M. Lim

Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Trusts & Estates

Casey T. Miyashiro

Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Real Estate

Ross Uehara-Tilton

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Litigation & Controversy-Tax
Litigation – Real Estate
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Nonprofit / Charities Law
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Trusts & Estates