Hawai‘i Lawyers of the Year 2019
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.
Paul D. Alston, Appellate Practice; Litigation—Real Estate
John R. Aube, Banking and Finance Law
Mark D. Bernstein, Copyright Law
James J. Bickerton, Legal Malpractice Law—Plaintiffs
Trevor A. Brown, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Joachim P. Cox, Litigation—Securities
John J. D’Amato, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
KahBo Dye-Chiew, Immigration Law
Byron C. Feldman, Litigation—Construction; Mediation
Robert G. Frame, Admiralty and Maritime Law
Ronald I. Heller, Litigation and Controversy—Tax
J. George Hetherington, Health Care Law
Jerry M. Hiatt, Arbitration
Susan M. Ichinose, Employment Law—Individuals
Patrick H. Jones, Employment Law—Management
Sean Kim, Labor Law—Union
Simon Klevansky, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation—Bankruptcy
Benjamin A. Kudo, Land-Use and Zoning Law
Michael K. Livingston, Medical Malpractice Law—Plaintiffs
Dennis M. Lombardi, Administrative/Regulatory Law
Rosalyn Loomis, Family Law
Sharon V. Lovejoy, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Howard K.K. Luke, Criminal Defense—General Practice
Chris S. Mashiba, Tax Law
William C. McCorriston, Litigation—Insurance; Legal Malpractice Law—Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation—Defendants
Patricia J. McHenry, Environmental Law
James K. Mee, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Lisa Woods Munger, Litigation—Environmental
John S. Nishimoto, Medical Malpractice Law—Defendants
Michael J. O’Malley, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Terence J. O’Toole, Bet-the-Company Litigation
Raymond K. Okada, Litigation—Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Lawrence S. Okinaga, Litigation—Banking and Finance
Miki Okumura, Corporate Law
Judith Ann Pavey, Product Liability Litigation—Plaintiffs
Richard M. Rand, Labor Law—Management
Bert S. Sakuda, Personal Injury Litigation—Plaintiffs
Carl J. Schlack, Real Estate Law
Eric A. Seitz, Criminal Defense—White Collar
Gary M. Slovin, Government Relations Practice
Robert H. Thomas, Litigation—Land Use and Zoning
Alan Van Etten, Insurance Law
J. Thomas Van Winkle, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Bruce H. Wakuzawa, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions—Plaintiffs
Sarah O. Wang, Litigation—Labor and Employment
Thomas W. Williams, Energy Law
Keith Y. Yamada, Construction Law
