Goodsill is proud to celebrate 26 attorneys recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, one of the legal profession’s most respected peer-reviewed publications.
For more than 45 years, Best Lawyers has recognized outstanding lawyers in private practice through a rigorous peer-review process. Recognition reflects the professional respect attorneys have earned from their peers and their demonstrated excellence within their respective areas of practice.
This year’s honorees reflect the breadth and depth of Goodsill’s legal experience, with attorneys recognized across a diverse range of practices serving businesses, organizations and individuals throughout Hawaiʻi and beyond.
The recognition of 26 Goodsill attorneys reflects both their individual accomplishments and the firm’s longstanding commitment to legal excellence, integrity and exceptional client service.
Goodsill congratulates each of this year’s honorees on this distinguished recognition and their continued contributions to the firm, their clients and the legal profession.
Goodsill’s 2027 honorees by practice area
THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® 2027
- Lisa A. Bail — Administrative / Regulatory Law; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
- Johnathan C. Bolton — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Daniel Chen — Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Gail Y. Cosgrove — Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Lani L. Ewart — Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
- Alan S. Fujimoto — Real Estate Law
- David A. Gruebner — Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- David J. Hoftiezer — Aviation Law; Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Forest B. Jenkins — Commercial Litigation
- Russell S. Kato — Real Estate Law
- Daniel R. Lam — Corporate Law
- Judy Yuriko Lee — Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Stacy Y. Ma — Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- John S. Mackey — Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Raymond K. Okada — Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Shimpei Oki — Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
- Vincent A. Piekarski — Real Estate Law
- Maegan A. Ruggles — Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Edmund K. Saffery — Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Insurance; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Real Estate; Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Rosemarie S. J. Sam — Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Jason Tani — Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Wayne R. Wagner — Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – Insurance
- Joelle B. Yamamoto — Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Gerald C. Yoshida — Insurance Law
- Leighton J. H. S. Yuen — Commercial Finance Law; Real Estate Law
- Dale E. Zane — Commercial Finance Law; Real Estate Law