Cades Schutte welcomes Ryan M. Hamaguchi to the firm as an associate in the Finance and Real Estate Department. Prior to joining Cades Schutte, Ryan practiced in the areas of business reorganization, bankruptcy, corporate and business law, and commercial litigation at a medium-sized law firm in Honolulu, and also at a bankruptcy law firm in San Diego.
Ryan is a member of the Hawai‘i State Bar and the California State Bar. Ryan is actively involved in various legal and community organizations, and is a co-chair of the Hawaii State Bar Association Civic Education Committee and an editor of the Hawai‘i Bar Journal. He previously served as the Vice President of the Hawaii Bankruptcy Bar Association and as a director of the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. In 2016, Ryan was selected to serve a three-year term as a lawyer representative for the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Ryan is a graduate of Iolani School. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in International Business from Gonzaga University, and his Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law.