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2020 Best Lawyers Rankings Include 26 Goodsill Attorneys

Aug 15, 2019

The Best Lawyers in America© has released its 2020 rankings which include 26 Goodsill attorneys and five with the additional distinction of “Lawyer of the Year in Honolulu”.

Recognition by Best Lawyers® is based entirely on peer review through the gathering of consensus opinions of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.

Best Lawyers® 2020 Rankings
Gail Otsuka Ayabe – Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Lisa A. Bail – Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
Johnathan C. Bolton – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Gail Y. Cosgrove – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Lani L. Ewart – Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Alan S. Fujimoto – Real Estate Law
Peter T. Kashiwa – Immigration Law
Russell S. Kato – Real Estate Law
Judy Yuriko Lee – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
John S. Mackey – Litigation – Labor and Employment
Patricia Mathias NaPier – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Audrey E. J. Ng – Construction Law; Real Estate Law
Raymond K. Okada  – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Miki Okumura  – Corporate Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
Michael J. O’Malley – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
Barbara A. Petrus – Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Vincent A. Piekarski – Real Estate Law
Edmund K. Saffery – Insurance Law
Rosemarie S. J. Sam – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Calvin E. Young – Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Leighton J. H. S. Yuen – Commercial Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Dale E. Zane – Real Estate Law

Lawyer of the Year in Honolulu
Lisa A. Bail – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
Miki Okumura – Tax Law
Michael J. O’Malley – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Edmund K. Saffery – Insurance Law

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