Best Lawyers®

Lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by Best Lawyers® through peer review surveys in which lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America® (2023) includes more than 66,000 lawyers in 147 practice areas, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and inclusion in this year’s publication is based on 12.2 million detailed evaluations on lawyers.
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.



Gregory W. Kugle
Aviation Law
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Real Estate Law
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





Gregory W. Kugle
Aviation Law
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Real Estate Law
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®
Best Lawyers® is based entirely on peer review 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 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.




Matthew T. Evans
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




Kenneth R. Kupchak
Construction Law
Corporate Law
Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Real Estate Law
2017 Lawyer of the Year: Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
2015 Lawyer of the Year: Litigation – Land Use & Zoning




Na Lan
Real Estate Law




Mark M. Murakami
Commercial Litigation
Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law
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
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Tax Law
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
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Construction Law
Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Real Estate Law




Madeleine M.V. Young
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Ones to Watch
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 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.


Megan L.M. Lim
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Trusts & Estates




Ross Uehara-Tilton
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Tax Law