Practice Groups
Business, Commercial & Creditor’s Rights
- Business entities
- Contracts
- Tax
- Employment law
- Administrative law
- Intellectual property
- e-Business
- Nonprofit laws
- Franchises
- Creditor and creditor committee representation
- Business reorganization
- Trustee and commissioner representation
- Mediation
- Foreclosures and collection
Condominium and Community Association Law
- Legal opinions for operation and property management
- Interpretation and enforcement of governing documents
- Amendment and restatement of Declarations and Bylaws
- House rules and policies amendment and adoption
- Review and negotiation of service contracts and commercial leases
- Duties of directors and officers
- Dispute resolution/litigation
- Collection of delinquent assessments and foreclosure
- Association insurance coverage and insurance defense litigation
- Fee conversion and lease rent renegotiation
Construction Law
- Contractor licenses
- Review and negotiate contracts
- Contract disputes
- Bonds
- Mechanics liens
- Bid protests
- Compliances issues
- Construction design and defects
- Litigate insurance coverage in construction disputes
Emerging Industries: Renewable Energy
- Landowners developing photovoltaic (PV) Solar Farms
- Power Purchase Agreements
- Installation of PV systems
- Geothermal
- Companies seeking to develop renewable friendly facilities
Estate Planning & Probate
- Preparation of estate plans
- Tax planning
- Charitable giving
- Dispute resolution
- Guardianship
- Business succession planning
Family Law
- Prosecuting and opposing Family Court civil litigation
- Military/Federal Family Law litigation and advice
- LGBT Family Law litigation and advice
- Interstate/International Family Law
- Mediation
- Premarital and Postmarital Agreements
Immigration & Naturalization Law
- Immigrant visas and lawful permanent residence (green card)
- Non-immigrant visas
- U.S. citizenship
- Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals, and Federal Court litigation
Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) insurance
- Individual Disability insurance
- Automobile insurance
- Homeowners insurance
- Excess Insurance coverage
- Bad faith disputes
- Directors and Officers
- Errors and Omissions
- Professional Liability
- Commercial Property
Real Estate, Land Use, & Eminent Domain
- Purchase and Sale Agreements
- Condominium operation and management
- Involuntary acquisition, condemnation, eminent domain defense
- Zoning, land use, and vested rights planning and litigation
- Honolulu Rail issues
- Shoreline and coastal zone law
- Vacation rentals and TVR’s
- Environmental law
Trial & Appellate Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation
- Prosecuting and opposing civil appeals and discretionary review in federal and state courts of appeals
- Amicus briefs
- Appellate mediation and settlement
- Advising trial counsel in preserving the record for appeal
- Crafting and arguing dispositive trial court motions
- Trials
- Appeals and petitions for certiorari
- Administrative hearings
- Contested cases
- Arbitration
- Mediation
- Alternative dispute resolution
