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Rick Abelmann
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Washington University School of Law
Rick Abelmann is a bankruptcy attorney admitted to practice in Hawaii and New York. He graduated in economics before entering law school, and worked for both small and large business and firms in the past. Rick previously practiced corporate and securities law in Hong Kong with Clifford Chance, one of the largest law firms in the world, and also spent time working on the trading floor for the equities division of the Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley. He worked on transactions valued at hundreds of millions of dollars on a regular basis.
After leaving the corporate world,...
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Trevor Abraham Brown
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 34 years of experience
(808) 537-6100
Pacific Guardian Center, Makai Tower
19th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
Real Estate
Yale Law School
Trevor A. Brown represents clients in both litigation and transactions. His real estate experience ranges from resort acquisition and development to acting as trial counsel to establish beach access rights based on Kingdom of Hawaii land use. Mr. Brown's corporate experience ranges from negotiating corporate restructurings to acting as trial counsel to force the break-up of related land development corporations.
Mr. Brown holds Martindale-Hubbell's® highest possible professional rating AV Preeminent®, for both his skill and integrity. Mr. Brown is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© list in fourteen categories: Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Business Organization (including LLC's and Partnerships), Closely Held...
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Scott Makuakane
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Estate Planning
William S. Richardson (University of Hawaii)
Scott A. Makuakane has been practicing law in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administration, asset protection, estate and gift taxation, and probate since 1983.
Mr. Makuakane has written various training manuals and articles for lawyers concerning estate planning, including authoring the Estate Planning Checklist and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax chapters of the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Encyclopedia of Estate Planning. Mr. Makuakane is also a regular contributor to Generations Magazine, a Hawaii-based publication that shares important information and tips for seniors. His column focuses on estate planning issues and is written in an easy to digest non-legalese style.
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Mitchell Wong
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of Minnesota Law School
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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Kevin O'Grady
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Criminal, DUI and Military
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
The Law Office of Kevin O'Grady, LLC is a criminal defense firm in Honolulu, Hawaii concentrating in criminal law, military law, civil rights and federal indian law. Criminal and military defense attorney Kevin O'Grady has been a Deputy City Prosecutor, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Chief Prosecutor, Trial Counsel, Senior Trial Counsel, Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputy, Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Criminal Procedure and Legal Instructor and Paralegal Instructor in criminal law, evidence and ethics. His career spans more than thirteen years and he has experience on the mainland, in Hawaii and abroad in foreign countries.
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Judith Pavey
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationHonolulu, HI Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Asbestos, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Indiana University - Law School
Judith Ann Pavey has successfully handled personal injury cases in Hawaii since 1977 and continues this important work as Of Counsel at Starn O'Toole Marcus & Fisher. The law firm is ranked by U.S. News-Best Lawyers® since 2010 as "Best Law Firm" in its core business of Real Estate Law and Commercial Litigation, and also Personal Injury Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law and Product Liability Litigation(since 2012), solely based on Ms. Pavey's contribution. Ms. Pavey has been named by The Best Lawyers in America©, as a Lawyer of the Year in Honolulu in the practice areas of Banking & Finance Litigation...
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Edward Magauran
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Western New England College
I am a Hawaii bankruptcy attorney and have 28 years of bankruptcy experience. My entire practice focuses on helping people like you get out from under the crushing burden of debt.
Not all bankruptcy lawyers are the same. Many are very good at putting people on a conveyor belt and moving their cases down the line. After helping thousands of individuals, families and business owners successfully “dump the debt” in bankruptcy, I have learned that nothing is more important than personal attention to each client’s case. When you hire me, you get me. When you call my office, I talk to...
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Jeremy O'Steen
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfHonolulu, HI Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Jeremy K. O'Steen has a passion for community safety. Jeremy seeks to raise the bar on safety standards for all by holding negligent individuals and corporations accountable and pursuing justice for his clients.
Jeremy has spent the entirety of his legal practice serving individuals and families who have been injured by negligent and wrongful actions of others.
When Jeremy first began his legal career in Pennsylvania, he served as an extern for the United States Magistrate Susan E. Schwab in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and later as an associate pursuing civil rights and just...
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William Saunders, Jr.
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Business, Entertainment & Sports, Environmental and Personal Injury
Stanford University Law School
Bill was a founding member of the firm in 1989 and was a partner through 2003. He is currently “Of Counsel” to the firm in light of his executive responsibilities with National Golf Courses, Inc. In his nearly 25 years of trial practice in Hawaii, Bill has represented a wide variety of clients as plaintiffs or defendants in matters involving wrongful death, serious personal injury, real estate and business litigation, and environmental litigation. Over the years, his clients have included major insurance companies such as State Farm, Allstate, Colonial Penn, USAA, Home Insurance, National Union and United Pacific, major corporations...
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Gary Singh
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfHonolulu, HI Attorney with 29 years of experience
Divorce and Immigration
The Law Office of Gary G. Singh is a high-volume practice providing legal assistance for immigrants on matters ranging from visa applications, adjustment of status, bond, exclusion and removal proceedings.
Gary is an active member of the Hawaii Federal Criminal Justice Act panel where he represents clients before the Federal Court. He is fluent in English, Japanese, Malay and Punjabi, and has been a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association since 1995.
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Raymond Iwamoto
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 50 years of experience
Business, Real Estate and Trademarks
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Jed Louis Kurzban
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Miami School of Law
Since 1995, I've been an attorney at Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A., where I became an equity partner in 2013. As the managing partner of our esteemed 40+ year law firm, I lead with a commitment to excellence in representing our clients. With a focus on trial law, my dedication to securing maximum compensation and justice for our clients is reflected in the verdicts and settlements I've obtained.
I graduated from the University of Alabama in 1992 with honors, earning a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1995. Admitted to the bar in Florida,...
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Mateo Caballero
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Appeals, Civil Rights and Employment
Harvard Law School
My passion, legal skill, and commitment to justice stem from years of work in both the private and non-profit sectors. My primary practice is civil rights and liberties both against the government and employers. If you have been discriminated against, harassed at work, or your liberties have been violated, I want to hear from you. At my firm, we believe in making justice work for our clients through efficient, personalized, and outstanding legal services.
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Elijah Yip
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Communications
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
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Mr Rick Abelmann
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Bankruptcy
Washington University School of Law
Rick Abelmann is a bankruptcy attorney admitted to practice in Hawaii and New York. He graduated in economics before entering law school, and worked for both small and large business and firms in the past. Rick previously practiced corporate and securities law in Hong Kong with Clifford Chance, one of the largest law firms in the world, and also spent time working on the trading floor for the equities division of the Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley. He worked on transactions valued at hundreds of millions of dollars on a regular basis. Honolulu bankruptcy attorney ...
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Mark Ito
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
University of California - Berkeley
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Dennis Potts
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 53 years of experience
Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Hastings College of Law and University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Dennis W. Potts was born in Santa Monica, California, December 17, 1945. He was admitted to the California and Hawai’i state Bars in 1971. He has practiced before the state courts of California and Hawai’i, the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai’i, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.A resident of Hawai’i for more than 45 years, Attorney Dennis W. Potts has been providing legal representation to the state of Hawai’i for over 40 years. Attorney Potts is dedicated to providing his...
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Clare Hanusz
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 24 years of experience
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University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
Clare Hanusz founded Aloha Immigration in June 2017, after working with the Immigration Practice Group at Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert in an Of Counsel affiliation since October 2013.
Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Clare has lived in Honolulu since 1995 (with an 18-month move to Melbourne, Australia from 2012-2013). After graduating from Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College in 1991 she moved to Arizona worked for the Valley Religious Task Force on Central America, advocating for immigrants and more just U.S. foreign policies. The opportunity to meet and work with refugees and their attorneys in Arizona propelled Clare...
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James B. Lewis
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 25 years of experience
1177 Queen Street
Honolulu, HI 96814
Free ConsultationCriminal
University of Minnesota Law School
http://www.jlewislawoffices.com/
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Ronald I. Heller
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Appeals and Tax
University of Michigan Law School
Ron Heller has been practicing law in Hawaii for over 30 years, concentrating on tax litigation, tax law, and business disputes, primarily dealing with accounting and financial issues. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant as well as an attorney. Mr. Heller is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, and a past Chair of the Tax Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association. He has litigated tax cases at the county, state, and federal levels. In addition to tax cases, Ron has represented clients ranging from individual sole proprietors to multi-national corporations in a wide variety...
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Jeffrey Piper
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Business, Securities and Tax
University of California - Los Angeles
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Stephanie E.W. Thompson
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa, William S Richardson School of Law
Stephanie E.W. Thompson is a Director of the firm who concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial and real estate civil litigation. Ms. Thompson has assisted in the representation of various clients from multi-million dollar corporations to small businesses and individual interests in legal matters ranging from wrongful termination and unfair competition, to negligence, commercial litigation, general business and trust disputes.
Ms. Thompson is named to the 2020 Best Lawyers in America© list in the practice area of Real Estate Litigation. She holds an "AV Preeminent"® rating from Martindale-Hubbell® for both her skill and integrity. Ms. Thompson was...
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James C. Glenn
Honolulu, HI Attorney
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
New York Law School
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Jason R Burks
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal, DUI and White Collar Crime
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
I was born and raised in central Missouri and received my bachelor's degree in International Studies from the University of Missouri in 1996. Following graduation, I moved to Honolulu and attended the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law where I received my juris doctorate in 1999. After receiving my JD, I served as a law clerk to the Honorable Victoria S. Marks in the First Circuit Court of the State of Hawaii. In 2000, I accepted a position as a Deputy Public Defender for the State of Hawaii and began my legal career working...
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Paul Herrán
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
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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Sherry Broder
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Since its founding in 1978, the Honolulu, Hawaii based Law Offices of Sherry P. Broder has earned a reputation as a leader in serious Hawaii personal injury, class action and other complex civil litigation.
* Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Finalist
* First Woman President, Hawaii State Bar Association
* Solo Practitioner of the Year, American Bar Association
* Outstanding Woman Lawyer, Hawaii Women Lawyers
* Best Lawyers in Hawaii, Honolulu Magazine (1997-Present)
* Graduated in...
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Wayne H. Mukaida
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 45 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
Gonzaga University School of Law
Mr. Mukaida has represented hundreds of injured workers before the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. He has also handled workers' compensation cases before Hawaii's Intermediate Court of Appeals and Supreme Court:
Wilson v. State, Dept. of Health, 131 Haw. 545, 319 P.3d 464 (2014) (corrected 2/4/2014) (equitable estoppel against employer);
Van Ness v. State Dept. of Education, 131 Haw. 545, 319 P.3d 464 (2014) (compensable pulmonary condition due to vog);
Alayon v. Urban Management Corp., CAAP-11-0000676 (12/31/2014) (A claimant should not be denied benefits under Hawaii`s WC law simply because her physicians failed to properly enter...
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Maile Marie Hirota
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 29 years of experience
Immigration
Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington
Ms. Hirota began her law practice in Ohio as an associate with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, a large law firm in Cincinnati. After practicing immigration law in Ohio for two years, Ms. Hirota returned to her family in Hawaii and joined Lynch & Farmer in 1997. She was named a partner of Lynch Ichida Thompson Kim & Hirota in 2002 and left that firm to found Hirota & Associates in 2009. Ms. Hirota’s practice concentrates solely in U.S. Immigration and Nationality law. Ms. Hirota is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, having served on the following...
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Elbridge Smith
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 46 years of experience
Civil Rights, Employment and Workers' Comp
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
Practice limited to representing Federal civil service employees with adverse action, discrimination, security clearance revocation, whistle-blower reprisal, and related labor/employment claims before the MSPB, EEOC, OSC, and mediators/arbitrators.
Elbridge W. Smith concentrates almost exclusively in representing individual federal employees, primarily handling MSPB and other appeals, EEO complaints and defenses, at the administrative and federal court levels. He has been in private practice since 1977, with firms concentrating in civil rights and employment litigation, representing various federal and private sector unions and their employees. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of Hawai'i, Richardson School of Law. He...
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Scot Z. Matayoshi
Honolulu, HI Lawyer
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
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Justin Lee Sturdivant
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
University of Hawaii - Manoa
Since obtaining his J.D. from the University of Hawaii in 2005, Honolulu divorce attorney Justin L. Sturdivant has focused his practice on family law matters. Throughout his legal career, Mr. Sturdivant has worked as a Civil Litigator, Mediator, Custody Evaluator, and Guardian Ad Litem. These experiences have provided him with great insight into the way the family court system functions. All of Mr. Sturdivant’s knowledge and training goes on to benefit his clients. He takes great pride in his work and fully dedicates himself to achieving the best outcome possible in a timely manner. You schedule a free, no-obligation consultation...
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Roman Amaguin
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 28 years of experience
Civil Rights and Employment
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
Roman was formerly a partner at a large Honolulu law firm and has extensive employment litigation experience and trial preparation, representing both businesses and employees alike, in federal and state courts and before federal and state agencies.
He is on the Employment Law Arbitration Panel for National Arbitration and Mediation and an Arbitrator for the State of Hawaii's Court Annexed Arbitration Program. He was selected a "Top Rated Lawyer in Labor and Employment" by American Lawyer Media, the nation's largest publisher of legal media, including the National Law Journal, the American Lawyer, and Corporate Counsel....
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Douglas A. Codiga
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Energy and Environmental
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law and Yale Law School
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Elton Kagimoto
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
Practice limited to Immigration Law matters and Visa Processing Overseas.
Our offices are located in the Waterfront Plaza complex in Building 4.
The United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), formerly known as the U.S. Immigration Service, is located in the same Waterfront Plaza complex in Building 2.
Website: www.kagimotolaw.com
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Victoria Lin Sakamaki
HONOLULU, HI Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfProbate
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
Victoria is an attorney licensed in the State of Hawai'i and has practiced law in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration for nearly 20 years. Victoria founded KPRESS Law Hawai'i in order to give probate, ancillary probate and estate administration cases priority, and the attention such cases need for prompt and efficient service. The mission of KPRESS Law Hawai'i is to assist individuals and families with the administration of their loved one's assets during what is likely a difficult transition, in a competent and comprehensive manner so as to minimize worry and stress.
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Steven L. Hartley
Kailua, HI Lawyer with 27 years of experience
(808) 263-6900
Kailua Professional Building 2
40 Aulike Street, Suite 314
Kailua, HI 96734
Divorce and Family
Steven L. Hartley has specialized in the practice of Family Law for 13 years. Mr. Hartley began his family law career in 1996 with Stirling & Kleintop and was named partner of the firm in September 2000. In 2004, Mr. Hartley moved to Bloomington, Indiana where he continued to practice family law with Mallor, Clendening, Grodner and Bohrer, LLP. Mr. Hartley returned home to Hawaii with his family in 2005 and resumed his family law practice partnering with Frank T. Lockwood to form Lockwood & Hartley, ALC. In 2009, Mr. Hartley opened his current firm, Hartley & McGehee, LLP,...
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Dominique Tansley
Kailua, HI Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
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Mark Alan Bridges
Kailua, HI Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal and Military
Georgetown University Law Center, Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School and University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Mark Bridges is a leading authority on military justice and the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). He is recognized as one of the premier criminal law defense attorneys in the military. Mark brings over 30 years of experience as a criminal law defense attorney and prosecutor, military trial judge, and senior legal advisor to his civilian law practice focused exclusively on the defense of military members in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
Ganz and Bridges Law Office LLLC, located on the Island of Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, provides state of the art representation and criminal defense...
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David J. Gorberg
Honolulu, HI Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer
Southwestern Law School
David is one of the nation’s most respected lemon law attorneys. He is an attorney in good standing and has been admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Hawaii.
He is the founding attorney of the lemon law firm David J. Gorberg & Associates, P.C. and concentrates his practice in the field of Lemon Law and Breach of Warranty.
His firm has represented more than 30,000 clients for lemon law claims against all auto manufacturers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Hawaii, and has recovered more than 500 million dollars in settlements.
The firm maintains lemon...
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Regan M. Iwao
Honolulu, HI Attorney with 24 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
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Hawaii State Bar Association AIDS Legal Clinic
(808) 537-1868
Honolulu, HI
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(808) 528-7046
Honolulu, HI
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