The Hawaii State Bar Association just released its statistics for the Hawaii license renewals for 2016. It is an interesting snapshot of the legal profession in Hawaii and specifically the demographics of attorneys.
Did you know that Hawaii has 93 judges? 903 government attorneys?
Hawaii has 4,858 active attorneys and 2,948 inactive attorneys. With
“When you collect marine animals there are certain flat worms so delicate that they are almost impossible to catch whole for they will break and tatter under the touch. You must let them ooze and crawl of their own will onto a knife blade and lift them gently into your bottle of sea water. And
This blog usually doesn't cover criminal matters unless they involve piracy or the ocean environment. But, last year's case about the meaning of the word "vessel" has us on the watch for cases involving, well…, grammar.
The Supreme Court handed down a decision today which attempted to address what Congress means when it lists a
The Hawaii Legislature is considering a bill to establish a business mitigation relief pilot program to assist some business impacted by Honolulu's rail project. The bill is H.B. 2518 and while the aim of this bill is to mitigate the negative impacts of the construction of the rail project through Honolulu's urban core, there are
Last year, Gregory W. Kugle and I provided our annual Hawaii real estate litigation update for the Hawaii State Bar Association's Real Property and Financial Services Section. The outline, with links to the cases, is provided below and a video of the presentation is conveniently on YouTube. So, consider yourself updated on what happened in
Aloha everyone:
These are my slides for my presentation on Motions Practice in Eminent Domain Trials.
In preparing for our 2015 presentation, we discovered that the 2014 version wasn't posted to our blog yet. And, thanks to the HSBA Real Property Section, we even have video!
Enjoy and stay tuned for video of tomorrow's presentation. Aloha.
Full disclosure: most of my practice involves LAND and not the ocean. We live on an island after all.
In any event, on Friday, my partner Greg Kugle and I will be providing our annual Real Estate Litigation Update to the HSBA's Real Property and Financial Services Section. This is about our third time
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the M/V Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior in 1975. It sank in rough weather, taking with it the lives of 29 officers and crew. Commemorative events are outlined here.
With this anniversary and with the sinking of the M/V El Faro last month, it
Guam in November.
