16 Cades Schutte LLP attorneys have been named to the 2024 Hawai‘i Super Lawyers® and Hawai‘i Rising Stars. In particular, David F.E. Banks (Partner, Corporate/Employment Law & Labor Relations), Calvert G. Chipchase (Partner, Litigation), and Kelly G. LaPorte (Partner, Chair of Cades Schutte’s Litigation Department) have been recognized for over 10 years.
Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations, and recognizes no more than 5 percent of each state’s attorneys in the Super Lawyers® list, and no more than 2.5 percent in the Rising Stars list.
Please see below for a list of all of our ranked attorneys:
2024 Hawai‘i Super Lawyers®
- David F.E. Banks – Employment & Labor, Business & Corporate
- Calvert G. Chipchase – Real Estate, Land Use & Zoning, Business Litigation, Appellate
- C. Michael Heihre – Business Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Construction Litigation
- Martin E. Hsia – Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports
- Rick Kiefer – Real Estate
- Kelly G. LaPorte – Civil Litigation: Defense, Schools & Education, Business Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts: Defense, Construction Litigation: Consumer, Utilities
- John R. Love – Real Estate, Banking
- Mark K. Murakami – Real Estate
- Craig I. Nakanishi – Energy & Natural Resources, Utilities, Business & Corporate
- Nathan T. Okubo – Real Estate, Banking, Land Use & Zoning
- Peter W. Olson – Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability, Personal Injury
- Jeffrey S. Portnoy – Civil Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Business Litigation
- Lori K. Wilke – Real Estate
2024 Rising Stars
- Trisha H.S.T. Akagi – Bankruptcy
- Reyn S. P. Ono – Real Estate
- Nathan C. Yang – Real Estate
About Cades Schutte LLP
Cades Schutte is a full-service law firm with over 80 attorneys, providing superior service in over 40 practice and industry areas from our main office in Honolulu and offices in Kahului, Kona, Līhu‘e, and Waimea. Since the founding of our firm in 1922, Cades Schutte attorneys have been called on to serve as counsel in some of the most notable cases and transactions in the State of Hawai‘i.
Cades Schutte offers a wide range of corporate and personal legal services with an emphasis on business counseling. The firm is proud to serve local, national, and international clients, and regularly handles estate planning, tax, real estate, finance, and civil litigation matters.
Cades Schutte is organized into four departments—Finance, Real Estate, and Corporate; Litigation; Tax; and Trusts and Estates—but departmental lines are fluid. Cades Schutte attorneys from different departments routinely collaborate on projects to benefit the firm’s clients. This approach provides a full array of the firm’s expertise and experience.
The firm has adopted a democratic style of management in which the strategic direction and vision for the firm are developed by its partners, and headed up by its Management Committee.
Contact:
Erika Galarneau
Marketing & Business Development Manager
808.521.9257
egalarneau@cades.com
