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Goodsill Attorneys Ranked Across 32 Areas in 2019 Best Lawyers

Aug 15, 2018

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – August 15, 2018) – Best Lawyers in America© has released its 2019 list and recognized 26 Goodsill attorneys across 32 practice areas. Additionally, the publication has highlighted five attorneys in the firm as “Lawyer of the Year in Honolulu” as they received the highest overall peer-feedback in a particular practice area.

According to bestlawyers.com, “Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession.” Their annual list is compiled through use of peer review surveys; lawyers do not pay a fee to be recognized.

Best Lawyers 2019
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
Lisa Woods Munger – Antitrust Law; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Litigation – Real Estate
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
Brett R. Tobin – Commercial Litigation
Leighton J. H. S. Yuen – Commercial Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Dale E. Zane – Real Estate Law

Lawyer of the Year in Honolulu
Lisa Woods Munger – Litigation – Environmental
Raymond K. Okada – Trusts and Estates; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Miki Okumura – Corporate Law
Michael J. O’Malley – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

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