Hawai‘i Lawyers of the Year 2017
Who is the best of the best? Says Best Lawyers, “The lawyers being honored as ‘Lawyers of the Year’ were selected because they received particularly high ratings from most of their peers. In some cases, they also received particularly effusive comments from some of those same peers. The selected lawyers have earned a high level of respect among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.”
Only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored as a “Lawyer of the Year” each year. Congratulations to all.
John R. Aube, Banking and Finance Law
Sidney K. Ayabe, Personal Injury Litigation—Defendants
Mark J. Bennett, Litigation—Insurance
William A. Bordner, Legal Malpractice Law—Defendants
Trevor A. Brown, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
KahBo Dye-Chiew, Immigration Law
Collin M. Fritz, Personal Injury Litigation—Plaintiffs
Gary O. Galiher, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions—Plaintiffs
Rhonda L. Griswold, Trusts and Estates
Gregory M. Hansen, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Jerry M. Hiatt, Employment Law—Individuals
William S. Hunt, Medical Malpractice Law—Defendants
Michelle C. Imata, Financial Services Regulation Law
William M. Kaneko, Government Relations Practice
James A. Kawachika, Litigation—Trusts and Estates
Grace Nihei Kido, Environmental Law
Simon Klevansky, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
John L. Knorek, Labor Law—Management
Nenad Krek, Admiralty and Maritime Law
Gregory W. Kugle, Litigation—Land Use and Zoning
Kenneth R. Kupchak, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Corianne W. Lau, Litigation—Labor and Employment
Michael K. Livingston, Medical Malpractice Law—Plaintiffs
Howard K.K. Luke, Criminal Defense—General Practice
Kenneth B. Marcus, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Donna C. Marron, Litigation—Environmental
Michael R. Marsh, Arbitration
Chris S. Mashiba, Litigation and Controversy—Tax
William C. McCorriston, Product Liability Litigation—Plaintiffs
William Meheula, Bet-the-Company Litigation
Joy M. Miyasaki, Tax Law
Craig I. Nakanishi, Energy Law
David A. Nakashima, Litigation—Construction
Michael J. O’Malley, Corporate Law
Lawrence S. Okinaga, Litigation—Banking and Finance
Judith Ann Pavey, Legal Malpractice Law—Plaintiffs
Michael M. Purpura, Appellate Practice
Stephanie A. Rezents, Family Law
Marc E. Rousseau, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Gregory M. Sato, Employment Law—Management
Eric A. Seitz, Criminal Defense—White Collar
Cuyler E. Shaw, Health Care Law
Randall K. Steverson, Real Estate Law
Robert H. Thomas, Land-Use and Zoning Law
Terry E. Thomason, Administrative/Regulatory Law
Susan Tius, Litigation—Bankruptcy
Robert D. Triantos, Litigation—Real Estate
George W. Van Buren, Insurance Law
Keith Y. Yamada, Construction Law
Patrick K.S.L. Yim, Mediation
