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William Saunders, Jr. Esq.

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer

(808) 599-3811

Stanford University Law School9th Circuit, Hawaii and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii

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Stephen M. Tannenbaum Esq.

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 22 years experience

(808) 599-3811

New York University School of LawNew York and Hawaii

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Stanley H. Roehrig Esq.

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney

(808) 969-1441

University of Washington School of Law9th Circuit and Hawaii

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Barry D. Edwards

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 31 years experience

(808) 599-3811

University System of Georgia - University of Georgia9th Circuit, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, U.S. Supreme Court and Hawaii

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Barry Lloyd Sooalo

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 13 years experience

(808) 754-5669 Genesis Tower
810 Richards Street, Suite 335
Honolulu, HI 96813

Free ConsultationBusiness, Appeals, Criminal and DUI
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law

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Barry Sooalo has practiced law in the courts of Washington D.C., Hawaii and American Samoa. Barry's Sooalo's broad and highly specialized experience in the areas of criminal law, government relations, lobbying and legislation, customs law, business transactions, civil litigation, and appellate law, makes him a much sought after litigator and legal counsel in Hawaii for clients from Hawaii and for clients from abroad who require legal counsel and representation for legal matters in Hawaii and elsewhere. Mr. Sooalo is a veteran of the US Army.

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Na Lan

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 8 years experience

(808) 526-3617 1003 Bishop Street, Suite 1600
Honolulu, HI 96813

Free ConsultationBusiness, Immigration and Real Estate
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

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Na Lan's practice areas include immigration law, condominium and community association law, business and real property transactions, and dispute resolution for Mandarin-speaking investors and business owners. Born and raised in China, she is fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and English.

She earned her law degree from the University of Hawaii’s William S. Richardson School of Law, where she graduated cum laude. She was the Managing Editor of the Asia Pacific Law & Policy Journal, and also served as an intern for Judge Craig Nakamura of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals. For three years, she was a legal research assistant...

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Peter S.R. Olson

Kealakekua, HI Business Law Attorney with 12 years experience

(808) 323-2677 79-7516 HAWAII BELT ROAD
Kealakekua, HI 96750

Business, Divorce, Personal Injury and Probate

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Peter S.R. Olson is an attorney who handles a wide variety of matters, including: litigation (civil, family, and criminal), transactional, and business formation/advisement in Kona and Kamuela.

He was born and raised in South Kona on the Big Island of Hawai`i. He is the son of John L. Olson, founder of the firm. Peter has assisted his father at the firm since he was five years old.
Peter received his Juris Doctor and Environmental Law Certificate from Univerisity of Hawai`i at Manoa's William S. Richardson School of Law in 2005. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Glenn...

(808) 885-8533 65-1291 Kawaihae Rd. #102
KAMUELA, HI 96743

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J. Porter DeVries

Kailua Kona, HI Business Law Lawyer with 6 years experience

(808) 339-3200 75-5591 Palani Rd Suite 2001
Kailua Kona, HI 96740

Business, Construction and Real Estate
Pace Law School

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J. Porter DeVries began his career at the Wall Street firm of Segal Gebski, where he represented clients encountering construction, business, real estate, and international disputes. With Condominium and Community Association clients, Porter focuses on enabling Boards of Directors to establish and maintain the highest standards of good governance. Underscoring the firm’s proactive approach, he leads DeVries’ preventative counseling and strategic planning services, as well as ensuring that Boards are legally protected in disputes and thrive in the myriad aspects of governing Hawaii’s diverse associations. Leading the firm’s Real Estate and Commercial Litigation sector, Porter routinely...

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Kenneth Marcus

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 28 years experience

(808) 537-6100 733 Bishop Street, 19 floor
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business and Real Estate
New York University School of Law

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Kenneth Marcus has over thirty-five years of experience in the areas of commercial real estate development, finance, leasing, purchases and sales. He also has extensive experience in the formation of partnerships and limited liability companies, and corporate finance. His real property practice includes the development, acquisition, sale, financing and restructuring of hotels, office buildings and shopping centers, with particular expertise in the hotel industry.

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David Robert Squeri III

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 11 years experience

(808) 426-7918 1003 Bishop Street, Suite 2700
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Construction and Employment
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

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Diligent and Tenacious Representation, Realistic and Practical Solutions

With a dynamic focus on the practicalities and goals of my clients, I concentrate my law practice in: Dispute Resolution and Litigation /and/ Business and Transactional Law.

- Dispute Resolution and Litigation: As a tenacious advocate for my clients, I have successfully litigated in the Federal U.S. District Court, Hawaii’s Circuit and District Courts, and the Intermediate Court of Appeals. My experience in alternative dispute resolution includes mediation and arbitration, both as counsel for clients and as the mediator/arbitrator.

- Business and Transactional Law: My transactional practice includes the full...

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Raymond Iwamoto

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 44 years experience

(808) 523-6006 745 Fort St
Suite 1500
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Real Estate and Trademarks
Santa Clara University School of Law

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John Olson

Kealakekua, HI Business Law Lawyer with 45 years experience

(808) 323-2677 79-7516 Hawaii Belt Road
Kealakekua, HI 96750

Business, Construction, Divorce and Personal Injury
University of San Francisco School of Law

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John L. Olson is an attorney who handles a wide variety of matters from litigation (civil, probate, trust disputes); advising businesses in day to day matters, including contracts and management; transactional work for individuals and business; criminal defense; to Estate Planning in Kona and Kamuela. As a sole practioner he gained a width breadth of knowledge to assist his clients in just about anything. He was born and raised on the Island of O`ahu, and moved to Kona in 1973 with his wife. There, they raised two sons: Robert and Peter Olson, both of whom are...

(808) 885-8533 65-1291 Kawaihae Rd. #102
Kamuela, HI 96743

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Duane Randall Fisher

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 26 years experience

(808) 537-6100 733 Bishop Street, 19 floor
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business and Real Estate
University of California - Hastings College of the Law

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Duane R. Fisher concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate law, hotels and resorts, construction law, business structure and operations and commercial transactions. Mr. Fisher has represented a wide range of business organizations, from hotel owners, telecommunications companies, general contractors, Wall Street investment firms and multibillion dollar energy development companies to closely held corporations and sole proprietors, in both private transactions and before federal and state administrative agencies.

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Mr. Nathan Natori

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 27 years experience

(808) 275-0155 1003 Bishop St. #1360
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Construction, Health Care and Real Estate
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Nathan Natori has been practicing law in Hawaii since 1992, and has represented clients running the gamut from state and county agencies, large corporations (Nextel, The Queen's Health System, Holland America Line, Kaiser Permanente), and local families and individuals. Whether big or small, each client is important to Mr. Natori and receives the same level of service. Timely responses from an attorney who cares and whom you can trust is what you will receive at Natori Law Office LLLC.

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Bridget Morgan

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney

(808) 599-3811

University of California - BerkeleyHawaii and Washington

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James J. Bickerton Esq.

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer

(808) 599-3811

UCLA School of LawHawaii, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii

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Rick Abelmann

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 12 years experience

(808) 589-1010 1330 Ala Moana Blvd. Ste. 301
Nauru Tower, Lobby
Honolulu, HI 96814

Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy and Estate Planning
Washington University School of Law

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Jason Braswell

Holualoa, HI Business Law Attorney with 14 years experience

(808) 464-5223 76-5908 Mamalahoa Highway
Holualoa, HI 96740

Business, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Criminal
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Jason R. Braswell graduated from the University of Alabama-Birmingham with a B.S. with honors in biology research and received his J.D. with high honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 2003, and spent his first six years of practice in the Chicago office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, practicing in its litigation department. Jason left Skadden and moved to Kailua-Kona to try his hand at entrepreneurship as the co-owner, along with his wife Melissa, of Big Island Running Company, which they built into a thriving running...

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Scott G. Morita

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 19 years experience

(808) 523-6031 745 Fort St
Suite 1500
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Real Estate and Securities
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

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Lisa M. Volquardsen

Kailua-Kona, HI Business Law Lawyer

(808) 447-1761 P.O. Box 1450
Kailua-Kona, HI 96745

Business, Bankruptcy, DUI and Estate Planning
St. John's University School of Law

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Carl Schlack Jr

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 36 years experience

(808) 523-6044 745 Fort St
Suite 1500
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Real Estate and Securities
University of California - Hastings College of the Law

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Paul Herrán

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 14 years experience

(808) 383-8829 1088 Bishop Street
Penthouse
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Immigration, Landlord Tenant and Personal Injury

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As the landscape for legal services evolves, our fundamental goal is to continuously elevate our level of service to clients and control costs at the same time. To accomplish this important goal, a creative approach to solving legal problems becomes crucial. We believe creativity means finding the right solution unique for each individual client, rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach. We also rely on innovative technologies to enhance client value. It is our pleasure to provide you with such services. We are here to help and we take pride in doing so. Contracts Immigration Environmental Law Agency...

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Jon Ahmed Zahaby

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 17 years experience

(808) 347-5320 888 Mililani Street, PH2
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Elder, Entertainment & Sports and Estate Planning
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

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Gloria Navarro Buckingham

Kahului, HI Business Law Attorney with 19 years experience

(808) 873-5900 80 Hookele St., Suite 201
Kahului, HI 96732

Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

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Jeffrey Piper

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 30 years experience

(808) 523-6789 745 Fort St
Suite 1500
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Securities and Tax
University of California - Los Angeles

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David Spee

Paia, HI Business Law Lawyer with 28 years experience

(808) 579-8244 62 Baldwin Ave #2B
PO Box 790478
Paia, HI 96779

Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
University of Washington School of Law

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I graduated from the University of Washington law school and was recruited by a Hawaii law firm in 1989. I started my solo practice in Paia in 1994 with a focus on estate planning, probate, real property and small business representation.

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David Robert Squeri III

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 11 years experience

(808) 426-7918

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Matthew Matsunaga

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 33 years experience

(808) 523-6061

Georgetown University Law Center9th Circuit, U.S. District Court of Hawaii and Hawaii

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Lance David Collins

Wailuku, HI Business Law Lawyer with 13 years experience

(808) 243-9292 2070 W Vineyard St
Wailuku, HI 96793

Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Communications and Consumer
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

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Eric Allan Elkind

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 23 years experience

(808) 523-6090 745 Fort St
Suite 1500
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
Boston University School of Law

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Matthew Matsunaga

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 33 years experience

(808) 523-6061 745 Fort St
Suite 1500
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Administrative and Real Estate
Georgetown University Law Center

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Mitchell Wong

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 27 years experience

(808) 546-1200 1136 Union Mall
#804
Honolulu, HI 96813

Free ConsultationBusiness, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of Minnesota Law School

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Mitchell S. Wong has been a lawyer in Hawaii since 1991, when he began his career at the law firm of David C. Schutter. At the time, the law firm was known as Schutter & Glickstein, and the focus of the law firm's practice was personal injury and civil litigation. In time, Mr. Wong became a partner at the law firm, which was then restyled as Schutter Dias Smith & Wong. In 2004 Mr. Wong started his present law firm. While Mr. Wong has continued his diverse work in civil litigation, he also expanded his practice to include family...

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James J. Bickerton Esq.

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer

(808) 599-3811 745 Fort St
#801
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Appeals, Consumer and Employment
UCLA School of Law

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Regan M. Iwao

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 18 years experience

(808) 439-8041 745 Fort Street
Suite 1500
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

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William Saunders, Jr. Esq.

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer

(808) 599-3811 745 Fort St
#801
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Entertainment & Sports, Environmental and Personal Injury
Stanford University Law School

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Paul J. Sulla Jr

Hilo, HI Business Law Lawyer with 45 years experience

(808) 933-3600 PO Box 5258
106 Kamehameha Ave
Hilo, HI 96720

Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Real Estate and Tax
Boston University School of Law

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Mark Ito

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 34 years experience

(808) 523-6045 745 Fort St
Suite 1500
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
University of California - Berkeley

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Philip Brown

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 33 years experience

(808) 523-5900 1003 Bishop St
Ste. 2005
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Asbestos, Consumer and Insurance Claims
Washington and Lee University School of Law

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Although Phil Brown has been a full time litigation attorney since 1985, he became a Hawaii attorney after moving to Honolulu in 1993. Mr. Brown started this office in 1997 after working for some of the finest law firms in Hawaii, New York and Virginia. Upon graduating from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1985, Mr. Brown was an associate at Hunton and Williams. In 1987 Mr. Brown joined the New York office of Reid and Priest (later known as Thelen Reid and Priest). Mr. Brown often credits these two highly regarded, national law firms as...

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Raymond Iwamoto

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 44 years experience

(808) 523-6006

Santa Clara University School of LawU.S. District Court of Hawaii and Hawaii

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Tony R. Donnes

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer

(808) 523-6042

University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of LawHawaii

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Richard Paul McClellan III

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 24 years experience

(808) 523-0449 846 S Hotel St #308
Honolulu, HI 96813-2583

Business, Tax and White Collar Crime

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David Farmer

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 32 years experience

(808) 222-3133 225 Queen St
Suite 15A
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Bankruptcy, Collections and Estate Planning
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

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David C. Farmer received his law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law in 1985. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation and bankruptcy. He was previously an associate and partner with Case & Lynch, a partner with Lynch & Farmer, counsel with Ashford & Wriston, and an associate with Wagner Watson & DiBianco. He has been a member of the American Bar Association since 1982, and its litigation and business sections, and the Hawai`i State Bar Association since 1983. He has served on the HSBA Publications Committee and been an editor and contributing author to...

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Glen Hale

Lihue, HI Business Law Lawyer with 31 years experience

(808) 245-4100 2970 Kele St
Suite 210
Lihue, HI 96766

Free ConsultationBusiness, Arbitration & Mediation, Collections and Real Estate
University of Idaho

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Glen T. Hale has practiced law on Kauai for eighteen years. His practice is focused on Real Estate law, Condominium Law (the creation and management of CPRs), Estate Planning, and business transactional matters. Mr. Hale's experience includes thirteen years as a trial lawyer. On Kauai, Mr. Hale has managed the purchase of a multi-million dollar farm and created one of the largest CPR projects on Kauai as well as more than one hundred CPR projects.

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Victoria Kalman

Kailua Kona, HI Business Law Lawyer with 31 years experience

(808) 334-9888 75-165 Hualalai Road, Suite 201
Kailua Kona, HI 96740

Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Consumer and Estate Planning
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

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Stephen M. Tannenbaum Esq.

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 22 years experience

(808) 599-3811 745 Fort St
#801
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Collections, Real Estate and Tax
New York University School of Law

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Natalie S. Hiu

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer

(808) 523-6003 745 Fort St
Suite 1500
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Administrative and Real Estate
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

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Scot Z. Matayoshi

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer

(808) 439-8042 745 Fort St
Suite 1500
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

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Barry D. Edwards

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer with 31 years experience

(808) 599-3811 745 Fort St
#801
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Criminal and Real Estate
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia

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Stanley H. Roehrig Esq.

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney

(808) 969-1441 745 Fort St
#801
Honolulu, HI 96813

Business, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Washington School of Law

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Khaled Mujtabaa

Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 29 years experience

(808) 524-0511 1109 Bethel St
Honolulu, HI 96813

Free ConsultationBusiness, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Family

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Honolulu, HI Business Law Attorney with 23 years experience

(808) 523-6090

Boston University School of LawU.S. District Court of Hawaii and Hawaii

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Natalie S. Hiu

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Natalie S. Hiu

Honolulu, HI Business Law Lawyer

(808) 523-6003

University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of LawHawaii and U.S. District Court of Hawaii

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